Editing New Scientist (section)

===Ownership===
The magazine was founded in 1956 by [[Tom Margerison]], [[Max Raison]] and Nicholas Harrison<ref name="Calder">{{cite journal |title=How New Scientist got started |first=Nigel |last=Calder |journal=New Scientist |date=24 November 1966 |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10574-how-new-scientist-got-started.html?full=true |access-date=6 September 2017 |archive-date=22 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022184252/http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10574-how-new-scientist-got-started.html?full=true |url-status=live }}</ref> as ''The New Scientist'', with Issue 1 on 22 November 1956, priced at one [[Shilling (British coin)|shilling]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X6XezBQCg5wC |title=''The New Scientist'' (on Google Books) |date=22 November 1956 |volume=1 |issue=1 |magazine=New Scientist |access-date=23 October 2015 |archive-date=2 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902173507/https://books.google.com/books?id=X6XezBQCg5wC |url-status=live }}</ref> ({{Inflation|UK|0.05|1956|r=2|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}{{Inflation/fn|UK}}). An article in the magazine's 10th anniversary issues provides anecdotes on the founding of the magazine.<ref name="Calder"/> The British monthly science magazine ''Science Journal'', published from 1965 until 1971, was merged with ''New Scientist'' to form ''New Scientist and Science Journal''.<ref>[[National Library of Australia]] [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2298705 Bib ID 2298705] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902173509/https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2298705 |date=2 September 2022 }}</ref> In 1970, the Reed Group, which became [[Reed Elsevier]], acquired ''New Scientist'' when it merged with [[International Publishing Corporation|IPC Magazines]]. Reed retained the magazine when it sold most of its consumer titles in a [[management buyout]] to what is now [[TI Media]]. In April 2017 ''New Scientist'' changed ownership when [[RELX Group]], formerly known as Reed Elsevier, sold the magazine to Kingston Acquisitions, a group established by Sir [[Bernard Gray]], Louise Rogers and Matthew O'Sullivan to acquire ''New Scientist''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mumbrella.com.au/reed-business-information-sells-new-scientist-magazine-439149 |title=Reed Business Information sells New Scientist magazine |first=Abigail |last=Dawson |date=18 April 2017 |website=[[Mumbrella]] |access-date=21 March 2018 |archive-date=20 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720165502/https://mumbrella.com.au/reed-business-information-sells-new-scientist-magazine-439149 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/4127d94c-1f8c-11e7-b7d3-163f5a7f229c/ |title=Relx offloads New Scientist magazine to Kingston Acquisitions |url-access=subscription |date=12 April 2017 |access-date=25 April 2017 |archive-date=25 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425065750/https://www.ft.com/content/4127d94c-1f8c-11e7-b7d3-163f5a7f229c |url-status=live }}</ref> Kingston Acquisitions then renamed itself New Scientist Ltd. The ''New Scientist'' was subsequently sold to the [[Daily Mail and General Trust]] (DMGT) for £70 million in March 2021; DMGT guaranteed the magazine's editorial independence, and ruled out staff cuts and the sharing of editorial content.<ref name=GuardMar21>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/03/daily-mail-owner-buys-new-scientist-magazine-in-70m-deal|title=Daily Mail owner buys New Scientist magazine in £70m deal|author=Mark Sweeney|date=3 March 2021|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=3 March 2021|archive-date=3 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303081845/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/03/daily-mail-owner-buys-new-scientist-magazine-in-70m-deal|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2021, DMGT announced that both ''New Scientist'' and the DMGT-owned daily ''[[i (British newspaper)|i]]'' newspaper would be moved to a new division of the company, to be called Harmsworth Media.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/harmsworth-media-i-and-new-scientist-magazine-launch-new-media-division-1343221|title=Harmsworth Media: i and New Scientist magazine launch new media division|work=[[i (British newspaper)|i]]|date=9 December 2021|accessdate=11 December 2021|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211074433/https://inews.co.uk/news/harmsworth-media-i-and-new-scientist-magazine-launch-new-media-division-1343221|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/rothermere-creates-harmsworth-media/|title=Lord Rothermere splits off i and New Scientist from Mail and Metro in new Harmsworth Media division|work=[[Press Gazette]]|date=9 December 2021|accessdate=11 December 2021|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211074434/https://pressgazette.co.uk/rothermere-creates-harmsworth-media/|url-status=live}}</ref>