[ceejayoz]

Verify the claim first. (It's not true.)

[willvarfar]

Rupert Murdoch owns 21st Century Fox, which brought the magazine in 2015 for $725M.

[ceejayoz]

Disney bought 21st Century Fox from Murdoch two years later.

His ownership was very brief. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_21st_Century_Fo...

No need to cancel a subscription over old news.

[willvarfar]

So the money raised by the sale of magazines now goes to research and exploration again?

[ceejayoz]

The National Geographic Society still exists, yes, and makes money off the partnership with Disney. Their current programs are listed at https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/programs/.

[meragrin_]

Is there any proof it ever stopped?