Observer.com

New York Observer

44th Street office
Type	Website, formerly weekly newspaper
Format	Broadsheet (1987–2007; 2011–2014) Tabloid (2007–2011; 2014–2016) Solely on-line (2016–)
Owner(s)	Observer Media Jared Kushner
Founder(s)	Arthur L. Carter
Publisher	Joseph Meyer
Editor-in-chief	Ken Kurson
Founded	September 22, 1987; 29 years ago (1987-09-22)
Language	English
Headquarters	1 Whitehall Street
City	New York City
ISSN	1052-2948
Website	observer.com

The New York Observer was a weekly newspaper published in New York City from 1987 to 2016. The website-based publication, which continues in operation at observer.com after the print version ceased publication, focuses on the city's culture, real estate, media, politics and the entertainment and publishing industries. As of January 2017^[update], the editorial team is led by Ken Kurson with other writers and editors including Rex Reed, Will Bredderman, Drew Grant, Brady Dale, John Bonazzo, Vinnie Mancuso, and James Jorden.

The Observer was first published in New York City on September 22, 1987, as a weekly newspaper by Arthur L. Carter, a former investment banker. The New York Observer had also been the name of an earlier weekly religious paper founded by Sidney E. Morse in 1823.

In July 2006, the paper was purchased by the American real estate figure Jared Kushner, then 25 years old. The paper began its life as a broadsheet, and was then printed in tabloid format every Wednesday, and currently has an exclusively online format. It is headquartered at 1 Whitehall Street in Manhattan.

Previous writers for the publication include Kara Bloomgarden–Smoke, Kim Velsey, Matthew Kassel, Jillian Jorgensen, Joe Conason, Doree Shafrir, Hilton Kramer, Andrew Sarris, Richard Brookhiser, Michael Tomasky, Azi Paybarah, Ross Barkan, John Heilpern, Robert Gottlieb, Foster Kamer, Nicholas von Hoffman, Simon Doonan, Anne Roiphe, Terry Golway, Ron Rosenbaum, John R. Schindler, Michael M. Thomas, Robert Sam Anson, Philip Weiss and Steve Kornacki.