{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = The Moultrie Observer | image = | caption = | type = Weekly newspaper | format = Broadsheet | founded = 1894 | ceased_publication = | price = | owners = Carpenter Media Group | publisher = Laurie Gay | editor = Kevin C. Hall | language = | political_position = | circulation = 4,795 | circulation_date = 2013 | circulation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-01-01 |title=2013 Georgia Newspaper Directory |url=http://www.gapress.org:80/gpa_directory_2013/2013GPADirectory.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308195811/http://www.gapress.org:80/gpa_directory_2013/2013GPADirectory.pdf |archive-date=2014-03-08 |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Georgia Press Association}}</ref> | headquarters = 25 North Main Street, Moultrie, Georgia 31768 USA | ISSN = | website = {{URL|moultrieobserver.com}} }}
'''''The Moultrie Observer''''' is a weekly newspaper published in Moultrie, Georgia. The paper is distributed on Wednesdays and is owned by Carpenter Media Group.
== History == ''The Moultrie Observer'' was first published in 1894.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ladson |first=Adelia |date=2024-03-18 |title=The Moultrie Observer celebrates 130 years with exhibit |url=https://www.moultrieobserver.com/news/local_news/the-moultrie-observer-celebrates-130-years-with-exhibit/article_890161a8-e09f-11ee-89ce-4ffbd2c1bc6b.html |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Moultrie Observer |language=en |archive-date=2024-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525084131/https://www.moultrieobserver.com/news/local_news/the-moultrie-observer-celebrates-130-years-with-exhibit/article_890161a8-e09f-11ee-89ce-4ffbd2c1bc6b.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Gannett acquired the paper with its acquisition of Multimedia in 1995. Thomson acquired the paper from Gannett in 1997 and sold it to Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. in 2000.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Roberts |editor1-first= Gene |editor1-link=Gene Roberts (journalist) |editor2-last=Kunkel |editor2-first=Thomas |editor3-last= Layton |editor3-first=Charles |date=2001 |title=Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering |location=Fayetteville |publisher=University of Arkansas Press |isbn= 1610752325}}</ref> The paper was sold again in May 2024 to Carpenter Media Group.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-24 |title=Growing publisher buying 10 newspapers in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi |url=https://apnews.com/article/cnhi-carpenter-newspapers-alabama-mississippi-georgia-8bfc5e38fd26d6646025cf7e716a9c10 |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Associated Press |language=en |archive-date=2024-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524205821/https://apnews.com/article/cnhi-carpenter-newspapers-alabama-mississippi-georgia-8bfc5e38fd26d6646025cf7e716a9c10 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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== External links == * [http://moultrieobserver.com/ ''Observer'' website] * [http://www.carpentermediagroup.com/ Carpenter Media Group website]
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