World Economy News Paper

World Economy News Paper
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Japanese Name:	世界経済新聞
Romanized Name:	Sekai Keizai Shinbun
Official English Name:	World Economic Journal World Economy News Paper
First Appearance:	Chapter 96
Occupation:	Newspaper Company
Leader(s):	Morgans

The World Economy News Paper, also called the WENP (世経, Sekei^?, WEJ) and WE News for short, is the newspaper that is distributed globally via News Coo.

The organization in charge of writing, printing and distributing the newspaper is presided by "Big News" Morgans, an emperor of the Underworld.

Overview

The World Economy News Paper is a major source of information with global reach, being present in all Blue Seas, most of the Grand Line, and even the underwater kingdom of Fish-Man Island, though certain remote locations like the Calm Belt appear to be outside their usual range. In general, it is considered a highly influential newspaper, a fact the World Government acknowledges by their attempts to directly manipulate or censor it, either through bribes or by sending Cipher Pol agents to infiltrate the company and threaten its employees with murder. Although even pirates may subscribe to it, the News Coos usually only deliver to World Government affiliates, and as such, unaffiliated countries such as Wano and Elbaph do not receive it.

The WENP has enough prestige to cover news of the Levely and take pictures of all attending royalty. It also contains the latest wanted posters of the individuals that it covers. For entertainment, the newspaper includes comic strips aimed at all ages, such as Sora, Warrior of the Sea, and columns, such as the fashion section Streetcorner Collection (街角コレクション, Machikado Korekushon^?, VIZ: "On the Street Collection"). Because it deals with so many topics about the world, such as piracy, local or international conflicts, and revolutionary activity, characters like Nami and Nico Robin tend to read this newspaper daily, in order to remain informed of any interesting events.

In spite of their status, the company has contradicting standards in terms of journalistic integrity, as it is willing to report articles that the government would rather cover up, yet it also has no qualms in fabricating and spinning stories, all for the sake of making a profit or entertaining the "ignorant masses". This reflects the character of the company's president, Morgans, who is a prominent underworld figure and also holds ties with other shady organizations like Germa 66 and the Big Mom Pirates.

Staff

[v · e · ?] World Economy News Paper
President
Morgans
Employees
Attach Iyan'eno Chinode News Coo Masked Deuce (Non-Canon) ≠
Informants
Stussy (Unknown status) ? Scratchmen Apoo
Guests
Nefertari Vivi Wapol

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There are several journalists working for the WENP, but only three have been named so far: the president, Morgans, the former Marine captain of photography, Attach, and the columnist Iyan'eno Chinode. The company employs News Coo in order to handle the global distribution of its paper.

The Worst Generation member Scratchmen Apoo appears to have affiliations with the newspaper, acting as an insider leak source for the WENP during the Raid on Onigashima and once planning to sell compromising photos of CP0 directly to Morgans. It is unknown, however, if Apoo is an actual employee of the company or some sort of freelancer. CP0 agent Stussy also has close ties with the paper, often acting as an informant in exchange for being able to access Morgans' confidential reports. According to Jinbe, the WENP has informants everywhere because the newspaper pays so well for photos, leading to them receiving pictures of major events or people of interest such as Luffy during the Egghead Incident.

Location

The WENP's headquarters are located in a large ship shaped somewhat like a tea kettle, flanked by water wheels, and attached to a giant hot air balloon with the inscription "WE NEWS". The ship is capable of flight, so that the headquarters may move in case its current location becomes unsafe.

World Economy News Paper's headquarters docked.

World Economy News Paper's headquarters in flight.

History

Past

The World Economy News Paper has existed for at least 42 years, when it claimed King Harald sank an “innocent” battleship and used alliance talks with the World Government as a ruse. In truth, these were government-sanctioned smear pieces. Harald had intervened in the Government’s assault on the unaffiliated island of Enishi, rescuing its kidnapped residents.

38 years ago, at age 15, Morgans was already a reporter and president of the company, employing an impressive network of intelligence in order to obtain sensitive information that otherwise only Cipher Pol had access to. He was able to intercept Ginny's transmission about the Native Hunting Competition in God Valley and leak it to Hachinosu. He also wrote the article covering the events of the God Valley Incident, though he only reported on Monkey D. Garp's heroics and left out the Native Hunting Competition.

East Blue Saga

Loguetown Arc

The World Economy News Paper reported on another coup d'état that had occurred in Vira. In the anime, it also reported on the destruction of Arlong Park by Monkey D. Luffy.

Water 7 Saga

Enies Lobby Arc

WENP photographer Attach was present for the Straw Hat Pirates' attack on Enies Lobby, and—despite the considerable chaos—successfully photographed Sogeking, Tony Tony Chopper, Nico Robin, and Franky. However, his attempts to photograph Sanji were thwarted by numerous mishaps, culminating in a "successful" shot where he realized too late that he had forgotten to remove the lens-cap.

Post Enies Lobby Arc

After the fall of Enies Lobby, Attach followed the Straw Hats and their allies back to Water 7. Finding the whole city hailing the Straw Hats as heroes, he was able to trick Nami into posing for a photograph by claiming to be a reporter for a local newspaper. Within a week, he reported back to his superiors with the new photographs, but was forced to submit a blank for Sanji.

This led to the Marines using a crude facial composite for Sanji's wanted poster—a situation that greatly displeased Sanji, but ironically protected him for a time, as it led to his birth family being stymied by false leads such as Duval.

Whole Cake Island Saga

Zou Arc

During the journey to Whole Cake Island, Pedro read the newspaper, which detailed the Blackbeard Pirates' attack on Baltigo. He showed the Straw Hats and through the paper, Luffy was able to see his father Dragon's face for the first time in his life. The newspaper mentioned that Blackbeard and his crew attacked the island and briefly clashed with Cipher Pol before retreating from the area. As Luffy reacted in anger at what Blackbeard did, Pedro stated that since the paper made no mention of any casualties or arrests, Dragon and Sabo must be okay.

Whole Cake Island Arc

A few days later, on board Big Mom's singing ship, Vito attempted to engage Sanji in a conversation about a popular comic strip which features Sanji's family as the villains that circulated in the World Economy News Paper.

Morgans was one of the Emperors of the Underworld who attended the Tea Party where the wedding of Vinsmoke Sanji and Charlotte Pudding was to take place, though he was unaware that it was actually a ruse and that Big Mom planned to assassinate the Vinsmoke Family. After the wedding began, he was thrilled by Luffy's appearance and the prospect of reporting on Jinbe's declaration that he was leaving the Big Mom Pirates and joining the Straw Hats. When the Big Mom Pirates revealed their treachery to the Vinsmoke Family, Morgans found the turn of events more exciting as it would serve as a big scoop for his newspaper.

During the Straw Hats' struggle to escape Totto Land, Morgans said it would be a huge scoop if the Straw Hats overcame the slim chance of escape. While escaping Totto Land with Stussy via hot air balloon, he cheered for the Straw Hats and shared with Stussy his belief that one of the Worst Generation would become the Pirate King.

Levely Arc

After escaping Totto Land, Morgans wrote an article about Luffy's exploits at Totto Land, glorifying him in the process, as Morgans claimed Luffy had orchestrated the assassination attempt on Big Mom and proclaimed him the fifth Emperor.

The media was present at the Red Port to see the royals who would be attending the Levely at Mary Geoise.

Wano Country Saga

Wano Country Arc

Mihawk told Perona that an interesting topic was discussed at the Levely while reading about the global conference in an article.

Teach revealed information from the morning's newspaper to Moria while the latter was attacking his island. On the fourth day of the Levely, Sabo and his group clashed with Marine Admirals Fujitora and Ryokugyu in order to take back their old ally, Kuma. Other news included Luffy and the rookies' exploits in Wano Country and Big Mom's pursuit of them.

After the Levely ended, CP6 agent Jabari threatened Morgans to change the next newspaper's headline, but Morgans refused and defeated him, before moving the WENP's headquarters. The following days, the WENP published information on the abolition of the Seven Warlords of the Sea system, as well as a grave incident involving Sabo from the Revolutionary Army.

Upon the defeat of Big Mom and Kaidou, the WENP, thanks to Apoo's leaks, printed the story of how Luffy, Trafalgar Law, and Eustass Kid were the ones responsible for the stunning victory, while naming Luffy and Buggy as the succeeding Emperors. Morgans once again refused to comply with the World Government's propaganda as he used Luffy's awakened form as an updated wanted poster profile without the Five Elders' consent, as well not removing the "D." in his poster name as was ordered.

Final Saga

Egghead Arc

After learning from an unknown source that the World Government was attempting to assassinate Dr. Vegapunk, Morgans disparaged their plan because the scientist was so beloved around the world. However, in order to please the World Government and earn a monetary reward, Morgans ordered his reporters to write a headline stating that Emperor Luffy had taken Vegapunk hostage on Egghead and was waging all-out war against the Marines. Vivi was outraged by this false headline, but Morgans retorted that what mattered was entertainment, not truth.

Sometime later, Morgans, using a Black Den Den Mushi, heard Luffy's claim that he had Dr. Vegapunk as a hostage and demand for all Marine ships to leave Egghead in exchange for York's safety. Morgans was shocked that his false headline turned out true.

After reading about the siege on Egghead, Dorry, Brogy, and the Giant Warrior Pirates invaded Egghead to pick up Luffy.

Trivia

• The World Economy News Paper can oftentimes be seen reporting on stories from across the world in the background of various scenes. These reportings have included the arrest of the Fake Straw Hat Crew, Jack's attempt to rescue Donquixote Doflamingo, and Big Mom's journey to Wano Country, among others.
  • In the third story's case, it was reported in a newspaper issue that Nami was reading; however, she was interrupted by Sanji and Chopper reading about the Levely before she reached the story, keeping the Straw Hats unaware of Linlin chasing after them.