The Fayetteville Observer
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | GateHouse Media |
| Publisher | Robert J. Gruber |
| Founded | 1816 |
| Headquarters | 458 Whitfield Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28306 USA |
| Circulation | 61,875 weekday 65,595 Sunday[1] |
| ISSN | 2155-9740 |
| OCLC number | 45115389 |
| Website | fayobserver.com |
The Fayetteville Observer is a 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 masthead 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.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "About Us". Fayetteville Observer.
External links
- electronic edition
- The short film STAFF FILM REPORT 66-22A (1966) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
- Issues of the Fayetteville Observer from 1851-1865
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