Dogster Explained

Italic Title:Dogster
Publisher:Belvoir Media Group LLC
Frequency:Bimonthly
Based:Norwalk, Connecticut
Firstdate:1970
Issn:2376-8266
Language:English

Dogster is a bimonthly magazine and website for dog lovers. Its sister publication is Catster, a bimonthly magazine and website for cat lovers. Dogster magazine (formerly Dog Fancy) has been continuously published since 1970, celebrating 50 years in 2020.

Dogster began as a community site and in 2005 won a Webby Award in the category for best community site.[1]

It was acquired by SAY Media in 2011.[2] In July 2014, Dogster and Catster were sold to Lumina Media.[3] In 2015, Lumina Media combined its two large cat and dog brands — Dog Fancy magazine and Dogster.com and Cat Fancy magazine and Catster.com — under the brand names of Catster and Dogster.[4] The Dogster and Catster brands were sold to Belvoir Media Group in April 2017.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2005 Webby Community Award . Webby Awards . 2008-06-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100124153336/http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=9#webby_entry_community . 2010-01-24.
  2. https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/19/say-media-acquires-dogster-and-has-more-acquisitions-in-the-works/ SAY Media Acquires Dogster (And Has More Acquisitions In The Works)
  3. Web site: I-5 Publishing Buys Say Media Pet Properties - M and A and Finance @ FolioMag.com . 2014-08-11 .
  4. http://www.foliomag.com/2014/i-5-publishing-launching-dogster-and-catster-print/ I-5 Publishing Launches Dogster and Catster in Print
  5. Web site: Press Release: Belvoir Media Group acquires Catster and Dogster from Lumina Media LLC . The Fisher Company . April 25, 2017.