WILMINGTON| In a controversial business move, Wilmington Media Company, publisher of long-running alternative newsweekly encore magazine, has moved to a daily publication schedule. The change, effective immediately, will likely bring far-reaching changes to the media landscape of the Southeastern North Carolina.
“With the economy the way it is, I’ve been hitting the bottle pretty heavy lately,” says Publisher Peff Jenice, while drunkenly spinning around in his office chair over and over again. “I regret this decision.” While the move has been lambasted by everyone from outside media observers to the publisher of the paper himself, the editor is
more optimistic. “This is a big f**king deal,” says Che Sarver, editor-in-chief. “This means that instead of writing fifteen f**king stories a week, I get to write fifteen f**king stories a day! I am joyful and appreciative of this new f**king workload.”
EDITOR’S DESK | I came into work at the usual time. There was the usual banter. “Morning Jen, did you make the coffee yet?” It was always the same response “No Che, you know I can’t handle caffiene this early in the morning—besides the coffee maker exploted a few weeks ago, remember?” I remembered it very well, it was a rainy morning just like this one. We had just got-