(Lore written 2023. Accurate, but the archaic “C&I Corp” is now the Kyx Corporation.)
This article is undergoing rewriting.
The Panini Press is an international independent newspaper and news station headquartered in the Howlton Federation. It is founded as a subsidiary of C&I Corp, and is available in 22 out of 24 recognised nations. It has a daily average of 96.7 million readers, the 3rd highest in the world, only behind Kat Times (a Murkatinnya based newspaper) and The Howlton Straits (the national newspaper of Howlton).
Daily average readership: 96.7 million (2023)
Parent company: C&I Corp Revenue: US$6.77 trillion
Coverage/Genre: All
Founded: 2nd January 1997, 26 years ago
Type: Public
Employees: 42706 (2021)
Global news rank: 2nd
Its origin lies as part of the rebranding of C&I Corp into a multi-industry and an international corporation.
The name “The Panini Press” came into fruition when a panini press exploded in one of the C&I restaurant chains in Murkatinnya. According to C&I, “the term ‘Panini’ sounded fun and also plays on other newspapers like the Howlton Press”
Its subsidiaries include Panini Youths, a newspaper created for teenagers and young adults, as well as The New World for the elderly. A newer version for young children is currently under development.
Its readership began to skyrocket after the discovery and wars with Nyx Planet in 2017, and skyrocketed again after the invasion of Howlton by the People’s Republic of Barkand in 2022.
The Panini Press also features TV documentaries on major geopolitical events as subscription-based content for members to watch, as well as astronomy and nature. Its biggest TV success however was its coverage of the 2005 Veliona Pawlymics. No TV station nor media coverage could broadcast all events at once, which The Panini Press managed to do so for the first time in history. Its TV Broadcast covers 24/7 news across the world and receives an average of 23 million concurrent views worldwide, 1st in the world.
Its first ever news coverage was on 6th January 1997 which was the grand opening of the world’s tallest building, Freedom Tower, located in Howlton City, followed by the dissolution of the Greater Barkand Union the next day, which lead to its initial success.