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.infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1250428316">.mw-parser-output .ib-newspaper .infobox-title{font-size:125%;font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .ib-newspaper .logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}</style><p><i><b>The New York Observer</b></i> was a weekly newspaper established in 1987. In 2016, it ceased print publication and became the online-only newspaper <i><b>Observer</b></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ceased_Print_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ceased_Print-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The media site focuses on culture, real estate, media, politics and the entertainment and publishing industries. </p><table class="infobox vcard ib-newspaper"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Observer</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="logo" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:New_York_Observer_newspaper_nameplate.tiff" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/New_York_Observer_newspaper_nameplate.tiff/lossy-page1-250px-New_York_Observer_newspaper_nameplate.tiff.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="38" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/New_York_Observer_newspaper_nameplate.tiff/lossy-page1-375px-New_York_Observer_newspaper_nameplate.tiff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/New_York_Observer_newspaper_nameplate.tiff/lossy-page1-500px-New_York_Observer_newspaper_nameplate.tiff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="38"></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:New_York_Observer_321_W44_jeh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/New_York_Observer_321_W44_jeh.jpg/220px-New_York_Observer_321_W44_jeh.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/New_York_Observer_321_W44_jeh.jpg/330px-New_York_Observer_321_W44_jeh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/New_York_Observer_321_W44_jeh.jpg/440px-New_York_Observer_321_W44_jeh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1779" data-file-height="1977"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Headquarters at the 321 West 44th Street, New York.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Website, formerly weekly newspaper</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Format</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broadsheet" title="Broadsheet">Broadsheet</a> (1987–2007;<sup id="cite_ref-switch_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-switch-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2011–2014)<sup id="cite_ref-switch_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-switch-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabloid_(newspaper_format)" title="Tabloid (newspaper format)">Tabloid</a> (2007–2011;<sup id="cite_ref-switch_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-switch-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2014–2016)<sup id="cite_ref-Pompeo2014_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pompeo2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Online only (2016–present)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Observer_Media" title="Observer Media">Observer Media</a></li> <li>Joseph Meyer<sup id="cite_ref-Meyer_In_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meyer_In-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Kushner" title="Jared Kushner">Jared Kushner</a> (former)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_L._Carter" title="Arthur L. Carter">Arthur L. Carter</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data">Joseph Meyer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">President</th><td class="infobox-data agent">James Karklins<sup id="cite_ref-Elstein_Karklins_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elstein_Karklins-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">September 22, 1987<span class="noprint">; 37 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1987-09-22</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">1 Whitehall Street</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City</th><td class="infobox-data">New York City, New York</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:1052-2948">1052-2948</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://observer.com">observer<wbr></wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.4em; border-top: 1px solid #aaa"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Media_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Media of the United States">Media of the United States</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_States" title="List of newspapers in the United States">List of newspapers</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Ownership"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Ownership</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Political_stance"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Political stance</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=The_New_York_Observer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>The <i>Observer</i> was first published in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> on September 22, 1987, as a weekly <a href="/wiki/Alternative_newspaper" title="Alternative newspaper">alternative newspaper</a> by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_L._Carter" title="Arthur L. Carter">Arthur L. Carter</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/Investment_banker" class="mw-redirect" title="Investment banker">investment banker</a>. The <i>New York Observer</i> had also been the title of an earlier weekly religious paper founded 164 years before by <a href="/wiki/Sidney_E._Morse" class="mw-redirect" title="Sidney E. Morse">Sidney E. Morse</a> in 1823. </p><p>After almost two decades, in July 2006, the paper was purchased by the American real estate figure <a href="/wiki/Jared_Kushner" title="Jared Kushner">Jared Kushner</a>, then only 25 years old. The paper began its life as a <a href="/wiki/Broadsheet" title="Broadsheet">broadsheet</a>, and was then printed in <a href="/wiki/Tabloid_(newspaper_format)" title="Tabloid (newspaper format)">tabloid</a> format every Wednesday, and currently has an exclusively online format on an internet website. It is headquartered at 1 <a href="/wiki/Whitehall_Street" title="Whitehall Street">Whitehall Street</a> in lower <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>. </p><p>Previous prominent writers for the publication include <a href="/wiki/Joe_Conason" title="Joe Conason">Joe Conason</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doree_Shafrir" title="Doree Shafrir">Doree Shafrir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hilton_Kramer" title="Hilton Kramer">Hilton Kramer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Sarris" title="Andrew Sarris">Andrew Sarris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Brookhiser" title="Richard Brookhiser">Richard Brookhiser</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Tomasky" title="Michael Tomasky">Michael Tomasky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Azi_Paybarah" title="Azi Paybarah">Azi Paybarah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ross_Barkan" title="Ross Barkan">Ross Barkan</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Heilpern" title="John Heilpern">John Heilpern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gottlieb" title="Robert Gottlieb">Robert Gottlieb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_von_Hoffman" title="Nicholas von Hoffman">Nicholas von Hoffman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Simon_Doonan" title="Simon Doonan">Simon Doonan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anne_Roiphe" title="Anne Roiphe">Anne Roiphe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terry_Golway" title="Terry Golway">Terry Golway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Rosenbaum" title="Ron Rosenbaum">Ron Rosenbaum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_M._Thomas" title="Michael M. Thomas">Michael M. Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philip_Weiss" title="Philip Weiss">Philip Weiss</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kornacki" title="Steve Kornacki">Steve Kornacki</a>. </p><p>The paper published <a href="/wiki/Candace_Bushnell" title="Candace Bushnell">Candace Bushnell</a>'s column "<a href="/wiki/Sex_and_the_City_(newspaper_column)" title="Sex and the City (newspaper column)">Sex and the City</a>" about Manhattan's social life and emotional relationships on which the trend-setting popular television series <i><a href="/wiki/Sex_and_the_City" title="Sex and the City">Sex and the City</a></i> (later also with two successful feature films) is based. </p><p>It was visually distinctive because of its use of sketch illustrations and salmon-colored newsprint, with the latter compared to the similar physical appearance of the <i><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a></i> from <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">Britain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pompeo2014_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pompeo2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pompeo2013_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pompeo2013-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Henry_Rollins" title="Henry Rollins">Henry Rollins</a> once described it as "the curiously pink newspaper". The paper switched in 2014 to using regular white newsprint for its last two years on paper.<sup id="cite_ref-Pompeo2014_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pompeo2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The fourth and longest-serving editor for the newspaper, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Kaplan" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Kaplan">Peter Kaplan</a>, left the publication on July 1, 2009. Interim editor Tom McGeveran was replaced by Kyle Pope later that year in November 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-Neyfakh2009_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Neyfakh2009-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two years later, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Spiers" title="Elizabeth Spiers">Elizabeth Spiers</a> then served as editor for a year from 2011 to 2012, followed by interim editor Aaron Gell. In January 2013, publisher Jared Kushner named his longtime friend <a href="/wiki/Ken_Kurson" title="Ken Kurson">Ken Kurson</a>, a political consultant, journalist, and author, as the <i>Observer</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s next editor.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Publication of the weekly print edition ended with the November 9, 2016 issue.<sup id="cite_ref-Ceased_Print_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ceased_Print-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Observer Media, the publication's parent company, has continued to publish content on an online website under the masthead title of the "Observer" (dropping "New York" from the name). </p><p>The discontinuation of the print <i>Observer</i> came the day after editor Kushner's father-in-law, <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> (Trump's daughter <a href="/wiki/Ivanka_Trump" title="Ivanka Trump">Ivanka</a> is Kushner's wife), won the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016 presidential election</a>; becoming the 45th <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a>, serving one term to 2021. Kushner served as a senior adviser in the <a href="/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">Trump administration</a>. Kushner transferred his ownership of Observer Media's remaining online assets into a Trump family trust, through which his brother-in-law Joseph Meyer took over his former role as publisher during that time.<sup id="cite_ref-Stoeffel_Meyer_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stoeffel_Meyer-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Ownership">Ownership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=The_New_York_Observer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ownership" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/The_New_York_Observer" title="Special:EditPage/The New York Observer">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22The+New+York+Observer%22">"The New York Observer"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22The+New+York+Observer%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22The+New+York+Observer%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22The+New+York+Observer%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22The+New+York+Observer%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22The+New+York+Observer%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2016</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The publisher and original owner, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_L._Carter" title="Arthur L. Carter">Arthur Carter</a>, has had other publishing interests, including the <i>Litchfield County Times</i>. At one time, he was a part‑owner in <i><a href="/wiki/The_East_Hampton_Star" title="The East Hampton Star">The East Hampton Star</a></i>. Carter received a B.A. in French literature from <a href="/wiki/Brown_University" title="Brown University">Brown University</a> and an M.B.A. in finance from the <a href="/wiki/Tuck_School_of_Business" title="Tuck School of Business">Tuck School of Business</a> at <a href="/wiki/Dartmouth_College" title="Dartmouth College">Dartmouth College</a>. He spent 25 years in investment banking until 1981, when he founded the <i>Litchfield County Times</i> in <a href="/wiki/New_Milford,_Connecticut" title="New Milford, Connecticut">New Milford, Connecticut</a>. He owned it for twenty years until selling to <a href="/wiki/Journal_Register_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Journal Register Company">Journal Register Company</a>, later also selling his 50‑percent interest in <i>The East Hampton Star</i> in 2003. He has been an adjunct professor of philosophy and journalism at <a href="/wiki/New_York_University" title="New York University">New York University</a> and is a trustee. </p><p>In July 2006, <a href="/wiki/Jared_Kushner" title="Jared Kushner">Jared Kushner</a>, a 25‑year‑old law student and son of a wealthy New Jersey developer, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Kushner" title="Charles Kushner">Charles Kushner</a>, purchased the paper for just under $10<span class="nowrap"> </span>million.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2017, Jared Kushner announced he would sell his stake to a Kushner family trust, when he became a senior advisor to President Donald Trump.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kushner's brother-in-law, Joseph Meyer, who has been the CEO of 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newspaper's owner and then publisher, Jared Kushner, is Trump's son-in-law and was an advisor to the <a href="/wiki/2016_Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign">Trump presidential campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Observer</i> did not repeat its endorsement after Trump became the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> nominee for President.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p></section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 27,</span> 2015</span>. <q>Tomorrow, newsstand readers and subscribers will get a look at the <i>Observer</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s relaunched print product, which is a smaller, tabloid‑format, saddle‑stapled publication that will trade in its distinctive salmon hue for white paper.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Capital+New+York&rft.atitle=Observer+C.E.O.+touts+gains+ahead+of+relaunch&rft.date=2014-03-18&rft.aulast=Pompeo&rft.aufirst=Joe&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.capitalnewyork.com%2Farticle%2Fmedia%2F2014%2F03%2F8542172%2Femobserverem-ceo-touts-gains-ahead-relaunch&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+New+York+Observer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i>, November 14, 2016, p. 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