Dallas Observer

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Dallas Observer
Type Alternative weekly
Format Tabloid
Owner Voice Media Group
EditorPatrick Williams [1]
News editorKelly Dearmore [1]
FoundedOctober 2, 1980
(45 years ago) (1980-10-02)
Headquarters2030 Main Street, Suite 410
City Dallas, Texas
CountryUnited States
Circulation 43,810(as of June 2016) [2]
ISSN 0732-0299
OCLC number 7095491
Website dallasobserver.com

Dallas Observer is a free digital and print publication based in Dallas, Texas. [3] The Observer publishes daily online coverage of local news, restaurants, music, and arts, as well as longform narrative journalism. A weekly print issue circulates every Thursday. The Observer has been owned by Voice Media Group since January 2013. The Observer is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia.

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History

The Observer was started in October 1980 by partners Ken Kirk, Bob Walton, Jeff Wilmont, and Gregg Wurdeman as a weekly local arts and cinema review publication. In 1991, the Observer was bought by New Times Media. [4]

In 1995, the H.L. Mencken Writing Award went to columnist Laura Miller, who went on to become the mayor of Dallas after leaving the Observer. [5]

In 2005, New Times both acquired and adopted the corporate name of Village Voice Media. [6] In September 2012, Village Voice Media executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan, and Jeff Mars bought Village Voice Media's papers and associated web properties from its founders and formed Voice Media Group. [7] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dallas Observer | Staff". Dallas Observer. n.d. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "eCirc for Consumer Magazines". Alliance for Audited Media. December 31, 2013. Archived from the original on January 23, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Dallas Observer | About Us". Dallas Observer. n.d. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  4. ↑ Vane, Sharyn (November 1998). "Consider the Alternative". American Journalism Review . Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  5. ↑ Goad, Kimberly (May 1999). "WHO IS LAURA MILLER AND WHY DOES SHE HATE DALLAS?". Dallas Magazine. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  6. ↑ Richard Siklos (24 October 2005). "The Village Voice, Pushing 50, Prepares to Be Sold to a Chain of Weeklies". The New York Times . eISSN   1553-8095. ISSN   0362-4331. OCLC   1645522. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Village Voice Media Execs Acquire The Company's Famed Alt Weeklies, Form New Holding Company". Tech Crunch. September 24, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  8. ↑ Mooney, Michael J. (24 October 2012). "Why the Dallas Observer Was Sold". D Magazine . ISSN   0161-7826. LCCN   sn78000457. OCLC   4020946. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

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