Jamaica Observer Explained
| Jamaica Observer |
| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Foundation: | January 1993 |
| Owners: | Butch Stewart |
Jamaica Observer is a daily newspaper published in Kingston, Jamaica. The publication was owned by Butch Stewart (now deceased), who chartered the paper 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.[1] At the time, it became Jamaica's fourth national newspaper.[2]
History
Jamaica Observer began as a weekly newspaper in March 1993, and in December 1994 it began daily publication. The paper moved to larger facilities as part of its tenth anniversary celebrations in 2004.[3]
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Notes and References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121021091436/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-43675049.html Jamaican Entrepreneurs
- News: Jamaica: New Weekly Newspaper to Appear March 5. 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. dead. January 18, 1993. 2012-10-13. Miami Herald.
- News: Ja Observer opens new offices. https://web.archive.org/web/20090328140724/http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20040209/lead/lead7.html. dead. February 9, 2004. 2009-03-28. Jamaica Gleaner.
