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National Observer (other)
''National Observer'' may refer to: * National Observer (United States), ''National Observer'' (United States), a discontinued newspaper which ran from 1962 to 1977 * National Observer (Australia), ''National Observer'' (Australia), a quarterly political magazine which ran from 1988 to 2012 * National Observer (UK), ''National Observer'' (UK), a journal published in the 19th century * National Observer (Canada), ''National Observer'' (Canada), an online news publication focusing on energy, environment and federal politics {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Observer (United States)
The ''National Observer'' was a weekly American general-interest national newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company from 1962 until July 11, 1977. Hunter S. Thompson wrote several articles for the ''National Observer'' as the correspondent for Latin America early in his career. The newspaper was the inspiration of Barney Kilgore, then the president of Dow Jones. (Kilgore is credited as the "genius" who transformed the ''Wall Street Journal'' from a provincial financial daily with a circulation of 32,000, mostly on Wall Street Wall Street is a street in the Financial District, Manhattan, Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It runs eight city blocks between Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway in the west and South Street (Manhattan), South Str ..., into the national giant it became.) It was Kilgore's idea that the nation needed a weekly national newspaper that would synthesize all the week's events and current trends into an attractive, convenient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Observer (Australia)
The ''National Observer'' (formerly known as ''Australia and World Affairs'') was a quarterly current-affairs and politics magazine in Australia. It specialised in domestic and international politics, security-related challenges and issues of national cohesion. History and profile The magazine was founded in 1988. It was renamed as ''National Observer'' in 1999. It was published on a quarterly basis and was part of the Council for the National Interest. The magazine was headquartered in Melbourne. Contributors to ''National Observer'' included many right-wing commentators from both Australia and overseas, including Tony Abbott, Nick Minchin, Patrick J. Buchanan, Bill Hayden, David Flint, B. A. Santamaria, Mark Steyn, Paul Gottfried, Hugh Morgan, Kenneth Minogue, John Stone, Hal G. P. Colebatch, Max Teichmann, R. J. Stove, Geoffrey Partington, Melvin J. Lasky, Kevin B. MacDonald, and Brian Crozier Brian Rossiter Crozier (4 August 1918, in Shire of Cloncurry, Quee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Observer (UK)
''The National Observer'' was a British newspaper published from 1888 to 1897. It began as the ''Scots Observer'' and was renamed when it moved from Edinburgh to London in 1889. It was considered "Conservatism, conservative in its political outlook" and "liberal in its literary taste". William Ernest Henley was the editor from 1889 to 1893, assisted by general manager James Nicol Dunn. Henley was recruited by Robert Fitzroy Bell, the major backer of the ''Observer'', and brought in young writers including Rudyard Kipling. The political line was that of Charles Whibley, assistant editor, a diehard Tory. Bell became discouraged by 1894, and sold out. Henley was succeeded by James Edmund Vincent, with Percival Parr as editor.Parr had played in the 1880 FA Cup Final. Writers of fiction published in ''The National Observer'' include Thomas Hardy, George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, James Barrie, William Butler Yeats, and Rudyard Kipling. References Defunct newspapers publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |