Last week marked the seven-month anniversary of the Santa Monica Daily Press. And while we have put our fingers on the pulse of this town, we don’t have a slogan to call our own. You may have seen us use various lines on the front page, but nothing has stuck.
This week’s Q-Line question asked: “What should our slogan be?” (If your suggestion is selected, the winner will receive gift certificates to various restaurants throughout town.) ■ “If the news is about Santa Monica, you’ll read it here.” ■ “All the news in Santa Monica.” ■ “The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.” The Daily Press is free. 0f course that has a couple of double meanings. You can attribute that to John Philpot Courin who died in 1878.” ■ “Pulse of Santa Monica and more” or “A great little newspaper.” ■ “Wake up Santa Monica to the news.” ■ “News you can use” or “Santa Monica’s local news daily” or “Santa Monica’s daily local news” ■ “The pulse of the Santa Monica Bay.” ■ “Everything you want to know about Santa Monica is here.” or “This is your complete newspaper.” or “Wake up Santa Monica to the news.” ■ “If it’s worth printing it’s worth reading.” ■ “There is nothing so powerful as the truth.” — Daniel Webster ■ “Meeting the communities need to know.” or “Keeping the community informed.” or “ News you can use.” or “Community news, community views.” ■ “Everything you want to know about Santa Monica.” ■ “Best little paper west of the ???” ■ “Your source by sea.” or “Your source by the shore.” ■ “Today’s news and community views.” or “Instant news, easy to use.” ■ “If this topic is about Santa Monica, you can read about here.” ■ “Free, fresh, organic news harvested daily for your reading consumption. Enjoy.” ■ “We print the freshest organic news just for you. All you have to do is pick up your free daily issue.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 16, 2002. Read the original PDF.