So we have some news.
And it’s only appropriate we break it here, since this is a newspaper, after all. But this isn’t just some minor announcement – this is actually pretty big stuff worthy of your full attention.
After days of negotiations, Keith and I are now the proud owners of the Concord Insider, effective April 1. It wasn’t easy to pry this entity away from the Monitor, but in the words of the Godfather, we made them an offer they just couldn’t refuse.
Under the terms of our agreement, we cannot discuss the details of our takeover, but let’s just say that we received a great deal. Like the kind of deal you get each week when picking up the Insider. Just not as free.
It was just one of those rare opportunities in life that we couldn’t pass up. And like the housing market, we feel newspaper ownership is on the upswing.
No longer do we have to follow the rules of AP Style or any journalist guidelines, for that matter. Beginning with next week’s edition, you will see some changes. While we would like to keep the suspense going for another week, we figured a couple little tidbits about the revamped publication would be okay.
First off, we will be changing the name. We don’t want to give it away, but just think the opposite of our current title and then of something completely different.
We will soon be printing on colored paper to give it more of a pop.
Lastly, we will only be printing the paper when we feel like it. There will never be more than two weeks between publication dates, but as owners, we feel entitled to a little more vacation time. And those are the kind of things you can do when you’re a business owner. We should have done this a lot sooner.
But we also need your help for fresh ways to bring you the news. So send your story ideas to our new email address – aprilfools@theconcordinsider.com. Make sure you read that email address closely, because there are definitely clues in there.
April Fools!!!!!!!!!!!
