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Dallas Observer

Newspaper in Dallas, Texas

Summary

Newspaper in Dallas, Texas

Field	Value
name	Dallas Observer
logo	Dallas Observer Masthead.svg
type	Alternative weekly
format	Tabloid
owner	Voice Media Group
founder
editor	Patrick Williams
managing_editor
news_editor	Kelly Dearmore
founded
ceased_publication
headquarters	2030 Main Street, Suite 410
publishing_city	Dallas, Texas
publishing_country	United States
circulation	43,810
circulation_date	June 2016
circulation_ref
ISSN	0732-0299
oclc	7095491
website

Dallas Observer is a free digital and print publication based in Dallas, Texas. 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.

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.

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.

In 2005, New Times both acquired and adopted the corporate name of Village Voice Media. 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.

References

(December 31, 2013). "eCirc for Consumer Magazines". [[Alliance for Audited Media]].
(November 1998). "Consider the Alternative". [[American Journalism Review]].
(May 1999). "WHO IS LAURA MILLER AND WHY DOES SHE HATE DALLAS?". Dallas Magazine.
Richard Siklos. (2005-10-24). "The Village Voice, Pushing 50, Prepares to Be Sold to a Chain of Weeklies". [[The New York Times]].
(September 24, 2012). "Village Voice Media Execs Acquire The Company's Famed Alt Weeklies, Form New Holding Company". Tech Crunch.
(2012-10-24). "Why the Dallas Observer Was Sold". [[D Magazine]].
(n.d.). "Dallas Observer {{!}} About Us".
(n.d.). "Dallas Observer {{!}} Staff".

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