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Stories of the National Geographic Society are shown on television. National Geographic special and TV series have been broadcast on PBS and other networks in the United States and throughout the world for many years. The geographic series began in the United States on CBS in 1964, moved to ABC in 1973 and transferred to PBS (produced by WQED, Pittsburgh), in 1975. She presented many stories about prominent academics as Louis Leakey, Jacques Cousteau, or Jane Goodall that not only presented their work, but helped make famous all over the world and accessible to millions of people. The specials' theme music by Elmer Bernstein, has also been adopted by the National Geographic Channel. The National Geographic Channel has started to launch a number of channels subbranded on international markets, such as Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Adventure, Nat Geo Junior, and Nat Geo Music.

In 1997, at the international level, and in 2001 in the United States, the Company launched, in part ownership with other entities such as News Corporation, the National Geographic Channel, a television channel to the worldwide distribution for cable viewers and the satellite.

National Geographic Films, a wholly owned subsidiary taxable subsidiary of the National Geographic Society, has also produced a feature film based on the diary of a submarine commander Russian starring Harrison Ford and K-19: The Widowmaker, and, more recently, retooling do a search Franco - Documentaries for distribution in the United States with a new client and the script narrated by Morgan Freeman called March of the Penguins, who received an Oscar for best documentary in 2006. After a record $ 77 million theatrical gross in the United States, more than four million DVD copies of the March of the Penguins have been sold. National Geographic Films launched a new feature called Arctic in July Tale, featuring the story of two families walrus and polar bears. Queen Latifah is the narrator of this film. Inspired by an article in National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic opened in October 2007, a 3-D reality, and large-format 3-D film called Sea Monsters, with music by Peter Gabriel. National Geographic Films is co-producing with Edward Norton and Brad Pitt the 10-hour mini-series by Steven Ambrose's award-winning Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West for HBO. The website of National Geographic (nationalgeographic.com) provides a wealth of content in multimedia formats, including a recently launched site showed the world music.

National Geographic Magazine

Feature: National Geographic Magazine

Cover of January, 1915 National Geographic
Cover of January, 1915 National Geographic

The National Geographic Magazine, later reduced to National Geographic, published its first edition nine months after the company was founded as a company in the official gazette, a benefit for membership of the tax-exempt status National Geographic Society. The magazine was for many years a registered trademark yellow border around the edge of its coverage.

There are 12 monthly issues of National Geographic per year, plus at least four other map supplements. On rare occasions, special issues of the magazine are also created. The magazine contains articles on geography, the popularization of science, world history, culture, news and photography of places and things around the world and the universe. The National Geographic magazine is currently published in 31 language editions in many countries around the world. Combined English and other languages of movement is nearly nine million per month with over fifty million readers each month.

Other publications

In addition to its flagship magazine, the Society publishes five other newspapers in the United States:

* National Geographic Kids: launched in 1975 as National Geographic World, the name was changed in 2001. It has a circulation of more than US 1 1 / 2 million. There are currently 18 local editions of the language NG Kids, with another half-million in circulation. An Arabic edition of the children's magazine was launched in Egypt in early 2007, and more than 42000 copies are distributed to all public schools in Egypt, plus one copy, 15000 sales. More recently, an Albanian edition was launched.
* National Geographic Little Kids: for children aged 3-6.
* National Geographic Traveler: launched in 1984. There are seven language editions of NG Traveler.
* National Geographic Adventure: Launched in 1999
* National Geographic Explorer: Class magazine launched in 2001, National Geographic for Kids, which has grown by about 2 1 / 2 million circulation.

The Company also manages an outlet online news, National Geographic News [6].

The Company has previously published:

* The National Geographic School Bulletin, the magazine similar to National Geographic, but aimed at primary school children, has been published every week during the school year of 1919 1975, when he was replaced by the National Geographic World.
* During the years 1980 and 1990, it published a review of research that is then closed.

The Company has also published maps, atlases, and many books.

In October 2007, National Geographic has created a new media group in the world composed of its magazine, book publishing, television, film, music, radio, digital media and maps of units. Tim Kelly, 51, president and CEO of National Geographic Ventures, has been named president, Global Media.