Observador

{{Short description|Portuguese online newspaper}}

{{update|date=November 2023}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| logo = Logo observador pequeno.png

| editor = Miguel Pinheiro

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| oclc =

| format = Online Newspaper

| headquarters = Lisbon, Portugal

| founder = António Carrapatoso, José Manuel Fernandes, Rui Ramos{{cite web|last=Fernandes|first=José Manuel|title=Tudo o que precisa de saber sobre o Observador|url=http://observador.pt/explicadores/tudo-o-que-precisa-de-saber-sobre-o-observador/01-o-que-e-o-observador/|work=Observador|publisher=Observador On Time, S.A.|date=19 May 2014|author-link=José Manuel Fernandes (journalist)|archive-url=https://archive.today/20151013134052/http://observador.pt/explicadores/tudo-o-que-precisa-de-saber-sobre-o-observador/01-o-que-e-o-observador/|archive-date=13 October 2015}}

| owners = Observador On Time, S.A.

| name = Observador

| publisher = José Manuel Fernandes

| language = Portuguese

| political = Right-Wing https://medialab.iscte-iul.pt/wp-content/uploads/Comentario_2023_Final_Pub_7Mar2024.pdfhttps://observador.pt/estatuto-editorial/

| circulation_ref = 6,999,215 (Unique Visitors, November 2021)

| website = {{URL|https://www.observador.pt/}}

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Observador is a Portuguese online newspaper started on May 19, 2014. It is the only Portuguese-language newspaper in Portugal with a defined political orientation (right-wing liberalism).{{Cite web|url=https://www.publico.pt/portugal/noticia/nao-lhes-caem-os-parentes-na-lama-por-serem-de-direita-1639615|title=Os intelectuais de direita estão a sair do armário|date=15 June 2014|publisher=Público}}

It is an online newspaper with no printed edition,{{Cite web|url=http://marketeer.pt/2015/06/17/observador-chega-ao-papel/|title=Observador chega ao papel|date=17 June 2015|publisher=Marketeer|access-date=19 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618211308/http://marketeer.pt/2015/06/17/observador-chega-ao-papel/|archive-date=18 June 2015|url-status=dead}} with the exception of the Anniversary{{Cite web|url=http://www.clubedeimprensa.pt/Artigo/1585/|title="Observador" em revista única em papel|publisher=Clube Português da Imprensa}} and Lifestyle editions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.briefing.pt/media-br/41512-observador-lança-se-em-papel-no-lifestyle.html|title=Observador lança-se (em papel) no Lifestyle|date=16 November 2017|publisher=Briefing}} Observador commits itself to publish and update information on a 24/7 basis.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnoticias.pt/actualidade/economia/446656-observador-online-a-19-de-maio-para-informar-com-rigor-e-por-pessoas-a-p|title=Observador "online" a 19 de maio para "|author=Lusa|date=10 May 2014|website=Diário de Notícias da Madeira|archive-date=13 October 2015|access-date=19 March 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20151013132755/http://www.dnoticias.pt/actualidade/economia/446656-observador-online-a-19-de-maio-para-informar-com-rigor-e-por-pessoas-a-p|url-status=dead}}

In the first month, it reported 630,000 visitors.{{Cite web|url=https://espalhafactos.com/2014/06/23/observador-atinge-4-milhoes-de-page-views-em-um-mes/|title=Observador atinge 4 milhões de ‘page views’ um mês após lançamento|date=23 June 2014|publisher=Espalha-Factos}} By August 2015, it reported six million visitors and 35 million pageviews.{{Cite web|url=http://net.marktest.pt/netscope/rankings-netscope/rankings-netscope-2015/ranking-netscope-de-agosto-de-2015/|title=Ranking netScope de Agosto de 2015|publisher=Marktest|access-date=2020-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224211458/http://net.marktest.pt/netscope/rankings-netscope/rankings-netscope-2015/ranking-netscope-de-agosto-de-2015/|archive-date=2020-02-24|url-status=dead}} In January 2020, it reported 6.79 million visitors and 51.34 million pageviews.{{Cite web|url=https://s3.observador.pt/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20144229/audiencia_obs_jan_2020.pdf|title=Observador - Audiências|date=January 2020|website=Observador|access-date=2020-03-19}}

In its first year, the newspaper won the "Launch of the Year" award in the Meios & Publicidade Awards. It also elected as newspaper of the year in 2018{{Cite web|url=https://observador.pt/2018/09/20/observador-eleito-jornal-generalista-de-2018/|title=Observador eleito jornal generalista de 2018|date=20 September 2018|publisher=Observador}} by the same organization and it won the 2019 Edition of the Marktest award in "Press and Digital - Media".{{Cite web|url=https://observador.pt/2019/05/31/observador-ganha-premio-imprensa-e-digital-media-da-markteer/|title=Observador ganha prémio "Imprensa e Digital — Media" da Marketeer|date=31 May 2019|publisher=Observador}}