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| Type | Alternative weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Voice Media Group |
| Editor | Patrick Williams[1] |
| News editor | Kelly Dearmore[1] |
| Founded | October 2, 1980 (45 years ago) (1980-10-02) |
| Headquarters | 2030 Main Street, Suite 410 |
| City | Dallas,Texas |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 43,810 (as of June 2016)[2] |
| ISSN | 0732-0299 |
| OCLC number | 7095491 |
| Website | dallasobserver |
Dallas Observer is a free digital and print publication based inDallas, Texas.[3] TheObserver publishes daily online coverage of local news, restaurants, music, and arts, as well as longform narrative journalism. A weekly print issue circulates every Thursday. TheObserver has been owned by Voice Media Group since January 2013. TheObserver is a member of theAssociation of Alternative Newsmedia.
The Observer 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. In 1991, theObserver was bought byNew Times Media.[4]
In 1995, the H.L. Mencken Writing Award went to columnist Laura Miller, who went on to become the mayor of Dallas after leaving theObserver.[5]
In 2005, New Times both acquired and adopted the corporate name ofVillage 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 formedVoice Media Group.[7][8]
