Eventos
4/12/1791: Observer is published or the 1st time1812- Observer journalist witnesses the assassination of Prime
Minister Spencer Perceval but also seizes the assassin1814- William Innell Clement purchases the Observer1857- Lewis Doxat, Clement’s editor, retires and is succeeded by Joseph Snowe1870- Julius Beer, a wealthy businessman, buys
the Observer and appoints Edward Dicey as editor.
Dicey revives the newspaper, especially its coverage
of foreign news and arts1880- Frederick Beer inherits the Observer on the death of his father and in 1891
installs his wife Rachel as editor. She buys the Sunday Times in 1893 and is
editor of both newspapers until 19041905- The executors of Frederick Beer’s will sell the Observer
to Alfred Harmsworth and Circulation is low, just 5,000 copies1908- James Louis Garvin becomes editor and in 1909 circulation has increased to 40,0001911 William Waldorf Astor buys the Observer, subsequently giving it to his son, Waldorf1942- David Astor, son of Waldorf Astor, immediately begins to modernise
the Observer. Advertisements are removed from the front page in favour
of news and photographs and the Profile, a collective opinion of an individual
in the news, is introduced to British journalism.1945- The Astor family transfer the ownership of
the newspaper to a Trust which states that any
profit must be used to improve the newspaper,
promote good journalism or for charitable purposes1964- The Observer Colour Magazine is launched.
The front cover of the first issue of the magazine
features The Observer’s first colour photograph1993- Guardian Media Group buy the Observer, effectively saving it
from closure and Jonathan Fenby is appointed editor2003- Observer Music Monthly is launched to sit along side the paper’s
other popular and innovative monthly magazines - Observer Sport
and Observer Food.2006- Another magazine, Observer Woman, is introduced2005- The Observer launches the first Sunday newspaper weblog2007- The Guardian and Observer digital archive is launched,
the first example of a national UK newspaper making its
paper archive available online via its website.Períodos
1861-1865 The Observer sides with the North during the
American Civil War, which costs the newspaper hugely as
the readership rapidly declines
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