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15-458: The Longboat Observer was founded in 1978 by Claire and Ralph Hunter. The first issue was published July 28, 1978 in seven copies and had only four pages. The 1980s saw the paper grow in step with a real estate boom in the area and the Hunters added staff. In 1995, Matt and Lisa Walsh, with the assistance of a small group of investors including Lisa's parents, bought Longboat Observer to form

30-418: A Florida newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Observer Media Group Observer Media Group, Inc. (OMG) is a media company that publishes local newspapers and magazines in the U.S. state of Florida . The company publishes twelve newspapers, three quarterly magazines and maintains six news websites . Observer Media Group started when Matt Walsh and Lisa Walsh purchased

45-420: A circulation of 25,000, OMG abandoned the idea and returned to a Thursday-only publishing schedule. The move, however, saw circulation increase to 30,000. "At first glance it looks like we may have an overall increase in ad revenue. And lower delivery cost," observed CEO Matt Walsh at the time. "In any business manual it is a wonderful thing to increase revenue and reduce cost at the same time." August 1, 2013, saw

60-468: A round of financing that raised $ 31 million. Issuu develops apps that convert PDFs into digital publications that can be shared via links or embedded into websites. Users can edit their publications by customizing the design, using templates, or adding links and multimedia to the pages of their documents. Issuu also provides tools for measuring and monetization of content. The app includes an offline reading list function that allowed users to read from

75-777: Is a Danish-founded American electronic publishing platform based in Palo Alto, California , United States. The company's software converts PDFs into customizable digital publications that can be shared via links or embedded into websites. Founded in 2006, the company moved its headquarters from Denmark to the United States in 2013. Issuu was founded in Copenhagen, Denmark , in 2006 by Michael and Rubyn Bjerg Hansen, Mikkel Jensen, and Martin Ferro-Thomsen. In 2009, Apple rejected Issuu's app three times, because it

90-858: The Longboat Observer in 1995 from Ralph and Claire Hunter, with the help of Lisa's parents and a small group of other investors. The Hunters had started the Longboat Observer in 1978. Since then, Observer Media Group established new local newspapers, such as the Sarasota Observer in 2004, and acquired other older newspapers, such as the 100+ year-old West Orange Times in 2014 and Financial News & Daily Record in 2017. OMG maintains journalistic offices in Tampa, Clearwater, Bradenton, Longboat Key, Lakeland, Sarasota, Fort Myers, Naples, New Port Richey, Winter Garden, Lakewood Ranch, Port Charlotte, Palm Coast, and Ormond Beach. The name

105-591: The Palo Alto location. Upon the move, the founders of Issuu stated that they chose the city as they saw social media and digital distribution partnerships as the key to its growth, rather than focusing mostly on publishing relationships. Also in 2013, Issuu acquired the Denmark-based software company Magma, including the company's software that allowed collaboration between editorial teams in organizing, laying out and proofing publications. The financial terms of

120-454: The acquisition were not disclosed. In January 2014, Issuu released its Android app. In July 2014, the company released Clip, a tool that allowed readers to take a snapshot of any part of a publication and share that on social media or through email . In October 2014 Issuu released its iOS app to access Issuu on Apple devices. By 2014 the platform hosted more than 18 million publications and had 83 million users. In 2019, Issuu announced

135-449: The daughter of the founders, Emily Walsh has worked most of her career for OMG. As of 2021, Observer Media Group owns twelve newspapers (directly or indirectly), three magazines and six websites in support of the print editions, reaching more than 441,804 readers per week. OMG works with issuu , the largest digital newsstand , to publish online digital copies of its print material. Issuu Issuu, Inc. (pronounced "issue")

150-614: The launch of Issuu Promote, an ad integration tool for Facebook and Instagram , allowing for content to be distributed across multiple social media channels. The company announced that its iOS and Android apps would be discontinued in April 2023. In July 2024, the Italian technology company Bending Spoons announced it had acquired Issuu. The company obtained $ 10 million in Series B that closed in 2014. In September 2021, Issuu closed

165-522: The launch of the Plant City Times & Observer with an initial run of 15,000 copies, the publication was sold to a group of local investors in December, 2018. In 2016, Emily Walsh was named publisher of several of OMG's assets, including East County Observer , Longboat Observer , Sarasota Observer , Siesta Key Observer , YourObserver.com, Season magazine and LWR Life magazine. As

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180-620: The private company which became Observer Media Group (OMG). OMG is headquartered in Sarasota , Florida , and Longboat Observer is now part of a family of twelve community and business publications in Florida, some of which were founded by the Walshes and OMG, others were established papers which were acquired by OMG. Most of them utilize the corporate brand of "Observer" in the title which came from Longboat Observer . In 2016, Emily Walsh

195-560: Was changed to Observer Media Group in 2012 from The Observer Group. Observer Media acquired Pelican Press from Wisconsin-based Journal Media Group in 2011. Pelican Press serves the Siesta Key area of Florida and in 2013, OMG renamed the paper to Siesta Key Observer to fit its overall branding. In 2012, The Observer attempted to publish the Palm Coast Observer twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. With

210-408: Was named publisher for the Longboat Observer and sister-papers East County Observer , Siesta Key Observer , and Sarasota Observer . As of 2019, the Longboat Observer has a circulation of 13,373 and is distributed weekly on Thursdays. The Longboat Key Historical Museum maintains a collection of printed and bound copies of Longboat Observer going back to 1978. This article about

225-461: Was seen as too similar to Apple's planned Newsstand service. In August 2009, the company's website was named one of Time ' s 50 Best Websites. By 2011, Issuu software was used by several online publications . In early 2013, the company opened an office in Palo Alto, California and appointed CEO Joe Hyrkin, formerly of Reverb, Trinity Ventures, and Yahoo! , to helm its Silicon Valley operations. The company soon moved its headquarters to

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