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.
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Belvoir Media Group LLC |
| First issue | 1970 |
| Based in | Norwalk, Connecticut |
| Language | English |
| Website | dogster |
| ISSN | 2376-8266 |
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]
References edit
- ^ "2005 Webby Community Award". Webby Awards. Archived from the original on 2010-01-24. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
- ^ SAY Media Acquires Dogster (And Has More Acquisitions In The Works)
- ^ "I-5 Publishing Buys Say Media Pet Properties - M and A and Finance @ FolioMag.com". Retrieved 2014-08-11.
- ^ I-5 Publishing Launches Dogster and Catster in Print
- ^ "Press Release: Belvoir Media Group acquires Catster and Dogster from Lumina Media LLC". The Fisher Company. April 25, 2017.