Rugby Observer

The Rugby Observer [ [http://www.therugbyobserver.co.uk Rugby Observer website] ] is a free weekly newspaper based in the town of Rugby, in Warwickshire.

Since the launch of the paper in 1991 it has become the town's best-read local newspaper with a weekly readership of 63,136 [ [http://jiab.jicreg.co.uk/StandardReports/paperreport.cfm?NoHeader=1&geogtype=paper&SID=3383870035&UID=13 Official JICREG stats] ] , which is over 12,000 [ [http://jiab.jicreg.co.uk/StandardReports/paperreport.cfm?NoHeader=1&geogtype=paper&SID=3383870035&UID=13 Official JICREG stats] ] more than its nearest rival. The paper circulates 42,974 [ [http://jiab.jicreg.co.uk/StandardReports/paperreport.cfm?NoHeader=1&geogtype=paper&SID=3383870035&UID=13 Official JICREG stats] ] , copies every Thursday.

The Rugby Observer [ [http://www.observerstandard.com Observer Standard Newspapers website] ] is part of Observer Standard Newspapers which was set up in 1989 by current owners Chris and Pat Bullivant [ [http://www.therugbyobserver.co.uk/aboutUs.html History of OSN] ] .

The current editorial team at the Rugby Observer comprises Editor: Chris Smith, Deputy Editor: Simon Ward, Sport Editor: Pete Squires, Reporter: Dan Santy and Photographer Jon Mullis.

The Lutterworth Observer [ [http://www.lutterworthobserver.co.uk Lutterworth Observer website] ] is a sister paper of the Rugby Observer and the editorial is produced at the same office located at 28 Regent Street, Rugby.