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| circulation = 61,875 weekday <br> 65,595 Sunday<ref name="Audit Bureau of Circulations">http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/newsform.asp Retrieved 25 May 2008</ref> |
| circulation = 61,875 weekday <br> 65,595 Sunday, 2008<ref name="Audit Bureau of Circulations">http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/newsform.asp Retrieved 25 May 2008</ref> |
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| headquarters = 458 Whitfield Street<br>[[Fayetteville, North Carolina]] 28306 USA |
| headquarters = 458 Whitfield Street<br>[[Fayetteville, North Carolina]] 28306 USA |
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| ISSN = 2155-9740 |
| ISSN = 2155-9740 |
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| oclc = 45115389 |
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| website = {{URL|http://www.fayobserver.com}} |
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[[File:Front Page of the Fayetteville Observer newspaper from March 9, 1865.jpg|thumb|Front page of the March 9, 1865 Fayetteville Observer newspaper]] |
[[File:Front Page of the Fayetteville Observer newspaper from March 9, 1865.jpg|thumb|Front page of the March 9, 1865 Fayetteville Observer newspaper]] |
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'''''The Fayetteville Observer''''' is |
'''''The Fayetteville Observer''''' is an America, English language daily [[newspaper]] published in [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]]. It was locally owned by the McMurray family from 1923 to 2016, when it was acquired by [[GateHouse Media]]. |
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The paper is the oldest continuously published newspaper in North Carolina. It was founded in 1816 as the ''Carolina Observer,'' but was destroyed by [[William T. Sherman]]'s invading army in 1865.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/fayetteville-observer|title=Fayetteville Observer|last=Parker|first=Roy|date=2006|website=NCpedia|access-date=2019-05-16}}</ref> It was refounded as ''The Fayetteville Observer'' in 1883. Originally an afternoon paper, it began publishing a morning paper, ''The Fayetteville Times'', in 1973. The two papers merged as a single morning paper, ''The Fayetteville Observer-Times'', in 1990. It dropped "Times" from its flag in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fayobserver.com/customer_service/about_us/|title=About Us| |
The paper is the oldest continuously published newspaper in North Carolina. It was founded in 1816 as the ''Carolina Observer,'' but was destroyed by [[William T. Sherman]]'s invading army in 1865.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/fayetteville-observer|title=Fayetteville Observer|last=Parker|first=Roy|date=2006|website=NCpedia|access-date=2019-05-16}}</ref> It was refounded as ''The Fayetteville Observer'' in 1883. Originally an afternoon paper, it began publishing a morning paper, ''The Fayetteville Times'', in 1973. The two papers merged as a single morning paper, ''The Fayetteville Observer-Times'', in 1990. It dropped "Times" from its flag in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fayobserver.com/customer_service/about_us/|title=Fayetteville Observer, About Us|website=Fayetteville Observer|accessdate=January 13, 2020}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 00:47, 14 January 2020
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Gannett |
Publisher | Robert J. Gruber |
Founded | 1816 |
Headquarters | 458 Whitfield Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28306 USA |
Circulation | 61,875 weekday 65,595 Sunday, 2008[1] |
ISSN | 2155-9740 |
OCLC number | 45115389 |
Website | www |
The Fayetteville Observer is an America, English language daily newspaper published in Fayetteville, North Carolina. It was locally owned by the McMurray family from 1923 to 2016, when it was acquired by GateHouse Media.
The paper is the oldest continuously published newspaper in North Carolina. It was founded in 1816 as the Carolina Observer, but was destroyed by William T. Sherman's invading army in 1865.[2] It was refounded as The Fayetteville Observer in 1883. Originally an afternoon paper, it began publishing a morning paper, The Fayetteville Times, in 1973. The two papers merged as a single morning paper, The Fayetteville Observer-Times, in 1990. It dropped "Times" from its flag in 1999.[3]
References
- ^ http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/newsform.asp Retrieved 25 May 2008
- ^ Parker, Roy (2006). "Fayetteville Observer". NCpedia. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
- ^ "Fayetteville Observer, About Us". Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
External links
- "Issues of the Fayetteville Observer from 1851-1865". digitalnc.org.