New Facebook App Allows Users to Create National Geographic Magazine Cover Featuring their Favorite Baby

WASHINGTON (April 24, 2013)-National Geographic magazine announced today the launch of a new Facebook app created in concert with the May cover story exploring a possible genetic link to human longevity. The May issue, on newsstands from April 30, features four adorable babies on the cover. The new app, presented by Prudential, allows users to upload their own favorite baby pictures into a mock National Geographic yellow-border cover, which they can then share with their friends via Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

To put your baby picture on the cover of National Geographic and to see the user-generated-content baby covers, go to natgeobabycover.com.

The May issue of the magazine stirred internal debate among National Geographic staffers when trying to determine which baby would grace the cover of the May issue. Unable to decide, they created four different magazine covers that were randomly distributed to subscribers and newsstands, each featuring a different baby. Taking the idea a step further, National Geographic contacted digital marketing company ZOG Digital to create a customizable cover app that allows consumers to create their own iconic National Geographic magazine cover featuring their favorite baby photo and to share those cover photos via social media.

We are continually looking for new ways to engage consumers with National Geographic. We feel social platforms have wide consumer application and present natural partner integration. Everybody loves to share baby pictures, and to be able to do it on the cover of the latest issue of National Geographic through Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest is cool, said Claudia Malley, executive vice president and worldwide publisher of the National Geographic Global Media group. This is a great opportunity to mobilize a social audience through a digital experience that plays off our print cover, presents the brand in a fun way and works for our advertising client.

To learn more on the back story of the babies' cover shoot, go to http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/behind-the-cover-babies/.

About National Geographic Magazine

National Geographic magazine is the official journal of the National Geographic Society, one of the world's largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations. Published in English and 38 local-language editions, the magazine has a global circulation of around 8 million. It is sent each month to National Geographic members and is available on newsstands for $5.99 a copy. Single copies can be ordered by calling (800) NGS-LINE, also the number to call for membership to the Society.

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