The Fayetteville Observer
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Gannett |
| Publisher | Robert J. Gruber |
| Founded | 1816 |
| Language | American English |
| 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 American, English language daily newspaper published in Fayetteville, North Carolina. As the oldest North Carolina newspaper, the paper was founded in 1816 as the Carolina Observer. 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.[2]
History
The Fayetteville Observer is the oldest newspaper in North Carolina. It was founded in 1816 as the Carolina Observer. The Fayetteville Observer was not published between 1865 and 1883, so the Wilmington Star-News (founded in 1867) is the states oldest continually published newspaper. The Observer's offices were destroyed by William T. Sherman's invading army in 1865.[3] 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.[4][5]
See also
References
- ^ "Fayetteville Observer". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
- ^ Tracy, Marc (November 14, 2019). "Gannett Gatehouse Merger". New York Times.
- ^ 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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