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the observer timeline
Created by
Ayaan Ansari
⟶ Updated 17 Nov 2019 ⟶
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Events
First issue published
brothers relinquish editorial control
the observer sold to Julius Beer and Edward Dicey appointed editor
10,000 of 23,000 copies given away
owner of the observer dies
Julius Beer buys the paper
owner dies and ownership given to his son
owner dies and and purchased by Lord Northcliffe
James Louis Garvin named editor
circulation boosted from 5,000 to 40,000
newspaper sold after political disagreements to William Waldorf Astor
Ownership transfered to Astor's son
Garvin (editor) departs after difference in political opinions
Ownership passed to owners son
Astors sold newspaper to Atlantic richfield
Newspaper sold to Lonrho plc
becomes part of the Guardian media group
Journalist Farzad Bazoft executed in Iraq on charges of spying
the observer becomes first newspaper to oppose governments invasion of suez
Iraqi colonel interviewed and convinced he wasn't a spy
editorial supports Iraq war
the observer blog launched
converted to Berliner format
awarded national newspaper of the year
editor Roger Alton stepped down and replaced by deputy
paper restyled
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circulation reaches 200,000
