In early July, The Earth Magazine, which won a 2005 Golden Tripod award for best magazine, announced it was ceasing publication. For 17 years, The Earth, the first magazine devoted to nature and geography to have been published entirely by Taiwanese people, won countless awards and high public praise. But sales lagged for years, and in the end the publishers were reluctantly forced to throw in the towel.
7 月初，甫獲頒 2005 年金鼎獎最佳雜誌榮銜的「大地地理雜誌」宣布停刊，創刊 17 年，該刊物為台灣第一本完全由國人自製的自然地理雜誌，獲獎無數，口碑甚佳，卻也因長年銷路不佳而黯然停刊。