Dogster

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Dogster
FrequencyBimonthly
Publisher Belvoir Media Group LLC
First issue1970
Based inNorwalk, Connecticut
LanguageEnglish
Website dogster.com
ISSN 2376-8266

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]

In late 2023, Dogster was acquired by Pangolia. [6]

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References

  1. "2005 Webby Community Award". Webby Awards. Archived from the original on 2010-01-24. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  2. SAY Media Acquires Dogster (And Has More Acquisitions In The Works)
  3. "I-5 Publishing Buys Say Media Pet Properties - M and A and Finance @ FolioMag.com" . Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  4. I-5 Publishing Launches Dogster and Catster in Print
  5. "Press Release: Belvoir Media Group acquires Catster and Dogster from Lumina Media LLC". The Fisher Company. April 25, 2017.
  6. https://www.dogster.com/about-us#:~:text=In%20late%202023%2C%20Dogster%20was,resource%20for%20all%20things%20dog. access date = 2024-09-13