Jamaica Observer

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = Jamaica Observer

| type = Daily newspaper

| website = {{URL|http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/|jamaicaobserver.com}}

| foundation = January 1993

| owners = Butch Stewart

| founder =

| headquarters =

| logo = Jamaica Observer logo.jpg

}}

The Jamaica Observer is a daily newspaper published in Kingston, Jamaica. The publication was started by Butch Stewart in January 1993 as a competitor to Jamaica's oldest daily paper, The Gleaner. Its founding editor is Desmond Allen who is its executive editor – operations.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021091436/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-43675049.html Jamaican Entrepreneurs]. Caribbean Update, 1 March 1993. Mirror At the time, it became Jamaica's fourth national newspaper.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4CC6B02370E26&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013031101/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4CC6B02370E26&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Jamaica: New Weekly Newspaper to Appear March 5|url-status=dead|date=18 January 1993|archive-date=2012-10-13|work=Miami Herald}}

History

The Jamaica Observer began as a weekly newspaper in March 1993, and in December 1994 it began daily publication. The paper moved to larger facilities on Beechwood Avenue in Kingston as part of its tenth anniversary celebrations in 2004.{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20040209/lead/lead7.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328140724/http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20040209/lead/lead7.html|title=Ja Observer opens new offices|url-status=dead|date=9 February 2004|archive-date=28 March 2009|work=Jamaica Gleaner}}

References

External links

{{official website|http://www.jamaicaobserver.com}}

Category:Daily newspapers published in Jamaica

Category:Newspapers established in 1993