User blog:EvilhariboMadness/Minerva Publishing House

Hi everyone! Whilst the contents of this blog could easily be explained within Discord, on the page of the future location or as a notice in Community Corner (perhaps more so than other announcement blogs), the Crats and I feel as if a blog should be made so all the information is in one coherent place and is easy to reference.

The ones who like to stalk amongst you might already know what this blog is about, even if the title didn't give it away, but for the sake of everyone else... this blog is concerned with the opening of Minerva Publishing House!

For some context, Minerva Publishing House is owned by The Di Sena e Bonaparte Family and operated OOC wise by myself, Brocky and Vic. It was created largely due to the absence of such a business and, subsequently, a lack of jobs in the publication world which I'm sure some characters would've loved to been able to explore.

The House itself is currently responsible, at large, for the publication of the following five things;


 * The Daily Prophet (permission given by the Crats)
 * Witch Weekly (permission given by the Crats)
 * The Serial Squabbler (future tabloid/gossip magazine concerned with the SK Expansion)
 * The Everyday Wizardkind Potion Recipe Book
 * The Everyday Wizardkind Recipe Book

'''So... why the need for a blog?'''

The reason for this OOC blog is that the IC mechanics of having a reporter will change. With Minerva Publishing House, there'll no longer be separate reporters per newspaper/magazine. Instead of being a writer for The Daily Prophet, you'd be a writer for Minerva Publishing House. This means a character can contribute to either of the three newspapers/magazines above.

Why the change?

This change is largely for OOC purposes. In the past, a user would've needed to create one character to be a Daily Prophet reporter and another to be on the Witch Weekly team. Through this change, a single character can do both of those jobs, hopefully increasing the interest in creating such characters. Although the change was brought about more so for the benefit of the Serial Killer Expansion and subsequent expansions beyond it, there's a belief that this change could hike up the interest in the magazines in general. Moreover, no matter the practicalities, the change is designed for people who might not have had an interest in either magazine before due to character restraints and to open up the possibilities of characters.

The ending point of the blog, really, is to encourage reporters to be made! As I've said a few times in Discord, there will be a need for The Daily Prophet so reporters are crucial. Other positions such as Editor in Chief can be discussed at a later date but, for now, reporters are what we really need.

I'd be grateful if anyone who does have an interest expresses so in the comments.

Thank you!