The newspaper was established by transport magnate Gordon Barton in September 1969 as the "Sunday Observer", Melbourne's first Sunday newspaper. Barton ran the paper for 18 months, with a $1.5 million loss, going on to publish the Sunday Review, later known as The Review, then Nation Review.
Maxwell Newton started his version of the Melbourne Observer in March 1971, two weeks after Barton closed his enterprise.[1] From August 1973, the newspaper was re-titled "Sunday Observer".[1] About 1977, after financial pressures, Peter Isaacson purchased the Melbourne Observer for $425,000. He ran the weekly paper until June 1989.[1]
The Melbourne Observer was resurrected in 2002 as a midweek publication by Victorian publisher Ash Long. It has achieved a weekly readership of more than 55,000. The content sources include original columnists and contributors as well as material aggregated from other influential media sources such as social media, newspapers and on line.
melbourne, observer, weekly, newspaper, circulated, across, victoria, australia, typeweekly, newspaperowner, local, media, founder, gordon, bartonpublishermelbourne, press, networkfounded1969headquarters30, glen, gully, road, eltham, 3095websitehttp, melbobser. The Melbourne Observer is a weekly newspaper circulated across Victoria Australia Melbourne ObserverTypeWeekly newspaperOwner s Local Media Pty Ltd Founder s Gordon BartonPublisherMelbourne Press NetworkFounded1969Headquarters30 Glen Gully Road Eltham Vic 3095Websitehttp melbobserver com au wp History editThe newspaper was established by transport magnate Gordon Barton in September 1969 as the Sunday Observer Melbourne s first Sunday newspaper Barton ran the paper for 18 months with a 1 5 million loss going on to publish the Sunday Review later known as The Review then Nation Review Maxwell Newton started his version of the Melbourne Observer in March 1971 two weeks after Barton closed his enterprise 1 From August 1973 the newspaper was re titled Sunday Observer 1 About 1977 after financial pressures Peter Isaacson purchased the Melbourne Observer for 425 000 He ran the weekly paper until June 1989 1 The Melbourne Observer was resurrected in 2002 as a midweek publication by Victorian publisher Ash Long It has achieved a weekly readership of more than 55 000 The content sources include original columnists and contributors as well as material aggregated from other influential media sources such as social media newspapers and on line See also editOfficial website National Library of Australia Newspaper HistoriesReferences edit a b c Newspaper Chronology Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Melbourne Observer amp oldid 1162115429, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
