Industry Online and Print media Founder Jared Kushner | Website www.observermedia.com Founded 2007 | |
Headquarters Manhattan, New York City, US Key people Joseph Meyer (CEO, Observer Media), Ken Kurson (Editor-in-chief, Observer.com), Dana Schwartz, Tim Ferriss, James Altucher, Nir Eyal, Robin Seemangal | ||
Observer media group we want you
Observer Media is an American print and online media company. The company was formed through several acquisitions, including acquisition of the New York Observer in 2007. Observer Media is based in lower Manhattan, New York City, and is owned by businessman Jared Kushner. It currently publishes the Commercial Observer, observer.com and Commercialobserver.com. As of November 2016, Observer Media announced it would no longer print the New York Observer. The observer.com site is a consolidation of several notable online properties including The Gallerist, BetaBeat, NY Politicker, and PolitickerNJ.
Contents
History
In 2007 Jared Kushner began acquiring and merging several print and online media publications into the Observer brand, including New York Observer, BetaBeat, Gallerist, NY Politicker, SCENE Magazine and PolitickerNJ. These acquisitions became integrated into the website observer.com (Gallerist was integrated in September 2014, PolitickerNY in March 2014, BetaBeat in January 2015, and PolitickerNJ in August 2016).
In March 2012 Observer Media launched Commercial Observer, a commercial real estate publication. The organization has since received various awards, including "NAREE's 65th Annual Real Estate Journalism” award, "Best Team Report Silver” award (2013), and "Best Weekly Newspaper Report Silver” award (2014). The Commercial Observer publishes at commercialobserver.com and also publishes weekly print edition.
Format
The Observer Media online site includes four main content categories: News & Politics, Arts & Entertainment, Business & Technology, and Style & Design. Observer Media continues to publish a print edition called the New York Observer, which features syndicated content largely from the observer.com.
Controversy
In April 2016, Editor-in-chief Ken Kurson was criticized for providing "input" to Donald Trump in a speech given at the annual AIPAC conference. The Observer was also criticized in 2014 for an investigative piece on former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. In July 2016, Observer staff journalist Dana Schwartz published an open letter to Jared Kushner criticizing him for his involvement in Donald Trump’s (Kushner’s father-in-law) presidential campaign. Shortly thereafter, Kushner responded to the letter defending his contributions to Trump’s presidential campaign. Both articles were widely circulated in social media and attracted attention from various media outlets.