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| Format | Online Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Observador On Time, S.A. |
| Founder(s) | António Carrapatoso, José Manuel Fernandes, Rui Ramos[1] |
| Publisher | José Manuel Fernandes |
| Editor | Miguel Pinheiro |
| Political alignment | Right-wing liberalism |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Headquarters | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Circulation | 6,999,215 (Unique Visitors, November 2021) |
| Website | https://www.observador.pt/ |
Observador is a Portuguese online newspaper started on May 19, 2014. It is the only Portuguese-language newspaper in Portugal with a defined political orientation (right-wing liberalism).[2]
It is an online newspaper with no printed edition,[3] with the exception of the Anniversary[4] and Lifestyle editions.[5] Observador commits itself to publish and update information on a 24/7 basis.[6]
In the first month, it reported 630,000 visitors.[7] By August 2015, it reported six million visitors and 35 million pageviews.[8] In January 2020, it reported 6.79 million visitors and 51.34 million pageviews.[9]
In its first year, the newspaper won the "Launch of the Year" award in the Meios & Publicidade Awards. It also elected as newspaper of the year in 2018[10] by the same organization and it won the 2019 Edition of the Marktest award in "Press and Digital - Media".[11]
