''EUobserver'' is a European

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, launched in 2000 by the

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-based organisation EUobserver.com ASBL. The newspaper provides both daily reports and in-depth coverage on international affairs related to the

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(EU). It is regarded as one of the first English language media outlets dedicated to the reporting of EU affairs, since joined by ''

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'', '' EURACTIV'' and ''

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''.

Organisation

The website was first launched in 2000 by Lisbeth Kirk, a Danish journalist. There is much academic debate over whether ''EUobserver'', along with other similar publications, can be considered to be contributing to the creation of a pan-European

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. Kirk served as both editor-in-chief and business chief of the paper until 2015, after which she was replaced by Eric Maurice, who took over as editor-in-chief of the publication. In 2019, Koert Debeuf was appointed as new editor-in-chief of EUobserver.

Readership

The newspaper claims both financial independence from EU institutions and a daily circulation of 60,000. In a 2008 poll of 100 Brussels-based

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s by APCO, one third claimed to use the publication as their source for EU news, making it, at the time, the "second most influential" media outlet reporting on EU affairs behind the ''

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''. Also, in a 2016 media survey, conducted by

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and Burson-Marsteller on 'What Influences the Influencers', it was found that ''EUobserver'' tended to be the preferred source of news for EU officials. Since ''EUobserver'' is an online medium, with the exception of its quarterly magazine editions, it relies on a growing social media following on

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and

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, reaching 330,000 followers in 2019.

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