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EUobserver

European online newspaper

European online newspaper

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nameEUobserver
logoEUobserver logotype.svg
typeOnline newspaper
ownersEUobserver.com ASBL
founderLisbeth Kirk
founded2000
website

EUobserver is a European online newspaper, launched in 2000 by the Brussels-based organisation EUobserver.com ASBL.

The newspaper provides both daily reports and in-depth coverage on international affairs related to the European Union (EU). It is regarded as one of the first English language media outlets dedicated to the reporting of EU affairs, since joined by The Brussels Times, EURACTIV and Politico Europe.

Organisation

The website was first launched in 2000 by Lisbeth Kirk, a Danish journalist.

There is much academic debate over whether EUobserver, along with other similar publications, can be considered to be contributing to the creation of a pan-European public sphere.

Kirk served as both editor-in-chief and business chief of the paper until 2015, after which she was replaced by Eric Maurice, who took over as editor-in-chief of the publication. In 2019, Koert Debeuf was appointed as new editor-in-chief of EUobserver.

Readership

The newspaper claims both financial independence from EU institutions and a daily circulation of 60,000.

In a 2008 poll of 100 Brussels-based journalists by APCO, one third claimed to use the publication as their source for EU news, making it, at the time, the "second most influential" media outlet reporting on EU affairs behind the Financial Times. Also, in a 2016 media survey, conducted by ComRes and Burson-Marsteller on 'What Influences the Influencers', it was found that EUobserver tended to be the preferred source of news for EU officials.

Since EUobserver is an online medium, with the exception of its quarterly magazine editions, it relies on a growing social media following on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, reaching 330,000 followers in 2019.

References

References

  1. Nugent, Neill. (2011). "The Government and Politics of the European Union". Palgrave Macmillan.
  2. Mollin, Sandra. (2006). "Euro-English : assessing variety status". Gunter Narr Verlag.
  3. Kelstrup, Jesper Dahl. (2016). "The Politics of Think Tanks in Europe". Routledge.
  4. Sinardet, Dave. (2011). "Arguing about justice: Essays for Philippe Van Parijs". Presses Universitaires de Louvain.
  5. "EU Observer Media Kit".
  6. Heath, Ryan. (2016-10-07). "The Women Who Shape Brussels". Politico Europe.
  7. "EUobserver About Section".
  8. (2019-06-21). "Politico EU Influence". Politico.
  9. (2017-01-18). "EUobserver.com". VoxEurop.eu.
  10. "EU Observer Media Kit".
  11. Terzis, Georgios. (2015). "Mapping foreign correspondence in Europe". Routledge.
  12. (January 28, 2016). "What Influences the Influencers? 2016 EU Media Poll findings unveiled".
  13. "The Color Club EUobserver Magazine Design".
  14. "EUobserver Media Kit 2019".
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