Daily Observer

The Daily Observer, published by the Liberian Observer Corporation in Monrovia, is Liberia's oldest independent daily newspaper, founded in 1981 by Kenneth Y. Best. Repeatedly shut down under past regimes, it remains a leading print and online source for Liberian news, covering politics, business, society and culture nationwide.

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Daily Observer at a glance

Country: Liberia
Region: West Africa · Africa
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Website: liberianobserver.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups Daily Observer

Crosswire groups Daily Observer as Centrist for comparisons within Liberia's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where Daily Observer sits in Liberia's press

Daily Observer is one of 3 outlets tracked in Liberia, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being FrontPage Africa and The New Dawn. By outlets tracked, Liberia ranks 36th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Africa hub, which lists 178 outlets in all.

Across Africa, Crosswire tracks 73 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Daily Observer outside Liberia, starting with West Africa, are Punch (Nigeria), Graphic Online (Ghana), Le Soleil (Senegal) and L'Essor (Mali). Opening one of them beside Daily Observer is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.