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'''''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 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]], which became [[Gannett]] in an acquisition in 2019. |
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The paper is the oldest continuously published newspaper in North Carolina. It was founded in 1816 as the ''Carolina Observer.'' The Observer's offices were destroyed by [[William T. Sherman]]'s invading army in 1865.<ref name="NCPedia">{{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><ref name="LOC">{{cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn00059022/|title=Fayetteville Observer|website=Library of Congress|accessdate=January 13, 2020}}</ref> |
The paper is the oldest continuously published newspaper in North Carolina. It was founded in 1816 as the ''Carolina Observer.'' The Observer's offices were destroyed by [[William T. Sherman]]'s invading army in 1865.<ref name="NCPedia">{{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><ref name="LOC">{{cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn00059022/|title=Fayetteville Observer|website=Library of Congress|accessdate=January 13, 2020}}</ref> |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| 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, which became Gannett in an acquisition in 2019.
The paper is the oldest continuously published newspaper in North Carolina. It was founded in 1816 as the Carolina Observer. The Observer's offices were 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][4]
See also
References
- ^ "Fayetteville Observer". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
- ^ Parker, Roy (2006). "Fayetteville Observer". NCpedia. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
- ^ "Fayetteville Observer, About Us". Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
- ^ "Fayetteville Observer". Library of Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
External links
- "Issues of the Fayetteville Observer from 1851-1865". digitalnc.org.
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