Observador
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
Language
Headquarters
Lisbon, Portugal
6,999,215 (Unique Visitors, November 2021)
Website
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]
Rádio Observador
93.7/98.7 MHz Lisbon, 88.1/98.4 MHz Porto
Programming
Language(s)
Portuguese
Information
Ownership
Owner
Observador On Time, S.A.
History
First air date
27 June 2019
Links
On 27 June 2019, Rádio Observador launched on 98.7 MHz in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area with about 30 collaborators.[12] In October 2019, it launched on 98.4 MHz in the Porto Metropolitan Area. The radio focuses on Information but also airs music. Its many programs are also published in podcast format.[13]
Portugal
