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DirecTV To Keep Airing Fox Channels

After a week and a half of contract disputes, DirecTV announced last night that they would continue to air Fox channels, the day before the contract was to expire.  read more

Henry Rollins to Host National Geographic Show

Nat Geo Wild has picked up four new series, including Animal Underworld, which will be hosted by musician, actor and author Henry Rollins. The show will feature people who own exotic animals, as well as people who eat them....  read more

The House From Up is Real—and it Flies!

The house from Pixar’s Up has been created in real life, balloons and all. The folks at National Geographic recreated Carl Fredricksen’s airborne abode at a private airfield in Los Angeles as a part of an upcoming series, How Hard Can it Be?, which premieres this fall....  read more

The 20 Best Magazines of 2010

While we no longer publish print, we certainly still cherish it, and these magazines are the biggest reason why.  read more

Eleven Lovely Tumblrs to Oogle (Because, Really, it's Too Hot Outside to Read)

From illustrators to photographers, vintage graphic design to the finest moments of Springfield's favorite family...  read more

10 Magazines to Follow on Twitter

In my continuing weekly quest to discover the masters of brevity—so that my constant poring over a Twitter feed is not a complete waste of otherwise valuable time which could be used reading FailBlog (or, you know, working)—here's a look at some of my favorite magazines. Yesterday, Wired executive editor Thomas Goetz established a #magazinemonday hash-tag for Twitter, where users gave shout-outs to some of their favorite 'zines. Hopefully, you already follow @PasteMagazine, but the following list shows how other magazines condense their gorgeous printed brands into 140-digital-character bursts. (See also, 10 Musicians, 10 Comedians, Five Trekkies and 12 Music...  read more

Kill Your Television: Six Great Things to Watch on Hulu.com

I recently got Internet hooked up in my apartment after about a year-and-a-half of self-imposed technological paucity, and it's basically amazing. I can do all sorts of fun things that I never could before, not the least of which includes destroying hours of my life on Wikipedia (I mean, did you know that Oscar I, King of Norway, had a such a killer 'stache?) and writing blog posts at 8 PM on Valentine's Day from the comfort of my own bed. But definitely the best part about having Internet at home is being able to take advantage of the riches...  read more

National Geographic launches record label

National Geographic announced Tuesday that it is launching a full-service record label, Nat Geo Music, through its music division of the same name. Leading this venture is Nat Geo general manager Matt Whittington. ...  read more

National Geographic harnesses music and radio

Live Earth and those fancy swirl light bulbs are supposed to make us more conscious of the third rock from the sun. Now National Geographic Ventures is grabbing another (probably organic and cruelty-free) rein of the same vein. It announced that like the ubiquitous Starbucks, it too will venture into music—but to inspire folks to care about ol’ Mother Earth. National Geographic Music and Radio (NGMR) features performances, sells $0.99 mp3s and will have syndicated radio shows alongside HD and Internet channels. Artists that are environmentally involved—Ben Harper, Jack Johnson and Peter Gabriel, for example—are and will be working with...  read more