It's a veritable title wave! Renowned Park novelist Hentrick Olifant announced that he is retiring from fiction writing and has decided to auction off all his unused titles. In a short statement released today, Olifant thanked his readers for their many years of loyalty and said his plans for the future do not include novel writing. "My days of writing fiction are over. With the years left to me, I would like to pursue other endeavours, … [Read all...]
Breaking News
OTD in 2015—Follow Month Without Metaphor participants on Twitter during May
Members of The Park’s media who have committed to participating in Month Without Metaphor will again be tweeting throughout the month of May, it has been confirmed. In a joint statement issued today, the participants, who work for The Park’s newspapers, magazines, journals, radio and television stations and web sites said they “look forward to surpassing last year's experiment in expressing themselves and discussing the events of the day in a … [Read all...]
OTD in 2015—Stereotype Sundays go bold: “Hello, my name is Filthy Pig, Stupid Sheep…”
Are you a Dirty Rat? While you may not view yourself that way, apparently that is how many others see you. That much was made clear yesterday, when The Park's Stereotype Sundays took a bold turn and encouraged Animals to participate in what many were calling a "grand experiment." "We handed out name tags and told the attendees...go bold...write down the vilest thing that you have ever heard about yourself or your species. Don't think about it … [Read all...]
OTD in 2012—Park’s first openly aged Archon slams news media bias
The Park's first openly aged Archon has slammed Park media for what he calls "overt bias in their portrayal of the elderly." Thurmond L. Tortoise, who will celebrate his 130th birthday this year, is the oldest Animal in the history of zoocracy to serve as Archon. As such, he says, he feels a duty to speak out against the media's depiction of The Park's elderly. "If you were to believe [The Park's] press, you'd think we [the aging] were all … [Read all...]
More Park News
OTD in 2014—Catch a metaphor, win a prize: Mammalian Daily contest begins May 1
The Mammalian Daily is putting its money where its mouth is, so to speak. So committed is this newspaper to the idea of Park media's Month Without Metaphor, that our managing editor, Orphea Haas, … [Read All About It Here...]
OTD in 2012—Eggie and The Pigs turn music’s business model upside-down
Eggie and The Pigs are poised to change the way the music business is done here in The Park. According to a spokesAnimal for the group, the four musicians have decided to allow their listening … [Read All About It Here...]
OTD in 2012—New device may help distinguish news from entertainment
Is it news or is it entertainment? That is the question that many Park Animals are asking, as the boundary between the two, in both broadcast and print media, becomes increasingly blurred. Enter … [Read All About It Here...]
Accolades from Margaret Atwood
The Mammalian Daily “Lightens The Morning Cup o’ Gloom,” says Margaret Atwood
