Dallas Observer

Dallas Observer
Type Alternative weekly
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Voice Media Group
Editor Joe Pappalardo
Managing editors Patrick Williams[1]
Founded October 2, 1980
Headquarters Dallas, Texas, USA
Circulation 43,810 (June 2016)[2]
ISSN 0732-0299
Website dallasobserver.com

The Dallas Observer is a free alternative weekly newspaper distributed in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and headquartered in Dallas.[3] It 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, with the credo "Advocate for Excellence in Arts and Entertainment" on the cover. For a time during its early years, the paper switched to a biweekly publishing schedule. In 1985, the paper reverted to a weekly schedule and began concentrating on local news as well as the arts. While it is now known for its investigative stories of the local government, it also covers local sports stories, restaurants, events, and concerts; and includes advertisements for head shops, massage parlors and escort services.

The former Mayor of Dallas, Laura Miller, previously worked as a reporter for the Dallas Observer.[4]

In 1991 the Observer was bought by New Times Media.[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]

The Dallas Observer is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.

See also

  • Dallas-Fort Worth portal
  • Journalism portal

References

  1. ↑ Dallas Observer Staff. Retrieved July 24, 2011
  2. ↑ "eCirc for Consumer Magazines". Alliance for Audited Media. December 31, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ "About Us." Dallas Observer. Retrieved on October 5, 2014. "Address: 2501 Oak Lawn Ave., Ste. 355, Dallas, TX 75219"
  4. ↑ Goad, Kimberly (May 1999). "WHO IS LAURA MILLER AND WHY DOES SHE HATE DALLAS?". Dallas Magazine. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  5. ↑ Vane, Sharyn (November 1998). "Consider the Alternative". American Journalism Review. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  6. ↑ Richard Siklos (October 24, 2005). "The Village Voice, Pushing 50, Prepares to Be Sold to a Chain of Weeklies". The New York Times. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Village Voice Media Execs Acquire The Company's Famed Alt Weeklies, Form New Holding Company". Tech Crunch. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  8. ↑ Mooney, Michael (November 2012). "Why the Dallas Observer Was Sold". Dallas Magazine. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  • Official website
  • "Dallas Observer". Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Archived from the original on March 9, 2007. Retrieved February 23, 2007.
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