Bristol Observer

{{short description|Former English weekly newspaper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox Newspaper |name = Bristol Observer |image =  |caption = |type = Weekly [[newspaper]] |founded = 1960<ref name=pressgazette>{{cite news|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/bristol-observer-newspaper-closing-as-a-result-of-changing-reader-habits-says-trinity-mirror/|title=Bristol Observer newspaper closing as a result of 'changing reader habits', says Trinity Mirror|work=[[Press Gazette]]|author=Mayhew, Freddy|date=1 November 2017|accessdate=5 May 2018}}</ref> |ceased_publication = 30 November 2017<ref name=pressgazette/> |language = English |publisher = [[Trinity Mirror]]<ref name=pressgazette/> |owners = [[Local World]] |circulation = 55,000 (December 2016)<ref name=pressgazette/> |headquarters = [[Bristol|Temple Way, Bristol]] }}

The '''''Bristol Observer''''' started out as the ''Kingswood and Keynsham Observer'', a weekly paper, but at this time it was a paid for publication. In 1981 it became part of the Bristol Observer series and was distributed free.

It underwent changes in editorial format and style, including a trashy sensationalist incarnation edited by Peter J. O'Reilly for a few years in the early 2000s. It subsequently largely comprised a small selection of bland "repurposed" material from its sister ''Bristol Post'', with ''Post'' editor Michael Norton also notionally overseeing the ''Observer''.

In 2012, [[Local World]] acquired owner Northcliffe Media from [[Daily Mail and General Trust]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20424474|title=Daily Mail sells regional newspapers to Local World|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=21 November 2012|accessdate=5 May 2018}}</ref>

In 2017 the ''Bristol Observer'' was quietly closed, with no warning or announcement to readers. Its final publication was dated 30 November.<ref name=pressgazette/>

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[[Category:Newspapers published in Bristol]] [[Category:Weekly newspapers published in the United Kingdom]]