National Observer (United States)
The National Observer was a weekly American general-interest national newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company from 1962 until July 11, 1977.[2][3] Hunter S. Thompson wrote several articles for the National Observer as the correspondent for Latin America early in his career.
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| Owner(s) | Dow Jones & Company |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Bernard Kilgore[1] |
| Founded | February 4, 1962 |
| Ceased publication | July 11, 1977 |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
| Sister newspapers | Wall Street Journal |
| ISSN | 0027-9803 |
| OCLC number | 1759309 |
The newspaper was the inspiration of Barney Kilgore, then the president of Dow Jones. (Kilgore is credited as the "genius" who transformed the Wall Street Journal from a provincial financial daily with a circulation of 32,000, mostly on Wall Street, into the national giant it became.)
It was Kilgore's idea that the nation needed a weekly national newspaper that would synthesize all the week's events and current trends into an attractive, convenient package. In effect, the National Observer would offer the kind of quality non-financial journalism that the Wall Street Journal once featured in its front-page "leaders" (the articles that occupy the left- and right-hand columns).[4]
References
- Kandel, Myron (9 Mar 2009). "Bookshelf; Making the News New; A portrait of the man who did so much to shape the modern Wall Street Journal". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- "Follow the Numbers: IN 125 YEARS, Dow Jones has grown into the definitive source of business journalism". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- Pardue, Mary Jane (1 July 2009). "The Wall Street Journal and the Invention of Modern Journalism". Newspaper Research Journal. 30 (3): 122–124.
- Morton, John (December 2002). "Great While It Lasted". American Journalism Review. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
Further reading
- Tofel, Richard J. Restless Genius: Barney Kilgore, The Wall Street Journal, and the Invention of Modern Journalism New York, NY.: St. Martins Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-312-53674-9