The Jamaica Observer

The Jamaica Observer

The Jamaica Observer is a daily newspaper published in Kingston, Jamaica. The paper is owned by Butch Stewart, who chartered the paper in January 1993 as a competitor to Jamaica's oldest daily paper, "The Gleaner". [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-43675049.html Jamaican Entrepreneurs] . "Caribbean Update", March 1, 1993. Mirror at HighBeam Research. (subscription access required)] At the time, it became Jamaica's fourth national newspaper. [ [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4CC6B02370E26&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Jamaica: New Weekly Newspaper to Appear March 5] . "Miami Herald", January 18, 1993. Mirror at Google News.] It began as a weekly newspaper in March 1993, and in December 1994 it began daily publication. The paper moved to larger facilities as part of its tenth anniversary celebrations in 2004. [ [http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20040209/lead/lead7.html Ja Observer Opens New Offices] . "The Gleaner", February 9, 2004.]

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