Lavrada Bannerman

The Lavrada Bannerman was a Delveran periodic newspaper first published on Wordpress and later in print. Formerly a mouthpiece of the Delveran government and the Lavrasian Triumvirate, it later became a subsidiary of MicroNews, a private company owned by Dylan Callahan. It published articles semi-regularly on its Wordpress site, and later in print editions, covering both national and intermicronational topics.

History
The Bannerman was founded on July 27, 2015 by Jordan Brizendine in an effort to inform the micronational community of events and goings on in the Grand Republic. On 5 September 2016, ownership was transferred from the City of Lavrada to Brizendine, making the paper a private enterprise. Brizendine later sold the publication to Dylan Callahan's MicroNews company in 2017. Under Callahan's ownership, the Bannerman transitioned to a subscription-based print publication, the first issue of which was distributed in January 2018. In early 2019, the Wordpress site was briefly revived with a subsidiary staff as the Bannerman Online. All of the Bannerman outlets ceased publication by April 2019.

Reception
The Bannerman was received well in Delvera and beyond. Christian Newton in particular lauded the professional quality of articles and interesting topics presented within. In late August 2015, the MicroWiki Admins added the paper to the list of approved publications to post headline news on the main page.

Competitors
On 9 August 2015, Governor Christian Newton of Germanija founded the Germanijan Times as a competing publication. On 19 August, the Bannerman and the Times signed an agreement known as the Delveran Media Concord that established standards and some rules for media coverage within the Grand Republic. This was done in order to foster cooperation and avoid plagiarism between the publications. On 28 December 2015, Casey Pemberton founded the Knowledge Warrior as an "alternative news source" to the Bannerman. The Warrior refused to sign the Delveran Media Concord in order to preserve its ability to inform the people of "what is really going on."