National Geographic magazine went through this exact process, but the transition was much faster. Very soon after they were bought by a Murdoch owned org it became cover stories about the bible. Over and over and over.

I cancelled my subscription within like a year :deeper-sadness:

Next time you’re at a grocery store checkout line look for it. There’s a 90% chance the cover is about Christianity or other type of schlock. It used to be high quality photo journalism :'(

One of the editions before the sale was about evolution with the title “Was Darwin wrong?” And it was bait! The first word in the article was NO. They’d never do that now.