Dogster

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Dogster
FrequencyBimonthly
PublisherBelvoir Media Group LLC
First issue1970
Based inNorwalk, Connecticut
LanguageEnglish
Websitedogster.com
ISSN2376-8266

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]

References[edit]

  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.

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