The Charlotte Observer

The June 16, 2009 front page of The Charlotte Observer
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	The McClatchy Company
Publisher	Ann Caulkins
Editor	Rick Thames
Founded	1886
Headquarters	550 South Caldwell Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202  United States
Circulation	137,829 Daily 191,962 Sunday (March 2013)
ISSN	2331-7221
Website	www.charlotteobserver.com

The Charlotte Observer is a newspaper serving Charlotte, North Carolina, and its metro area. It has the largest circulation in North Carolina and South Carolina. It is owned by The McClatchy Company.

The Observer primarily serves Charlotte and Mecklenburg County and the surrounding counties of Iredell, Cabarrus, Union, Lancaster, York, Gaston, Catawba, and Lincoln. It publishes local sections for each of these outlying counties and for specific neighborhoods within Mecklenburg. The newspaper's circulation covers over 40 counties in North and South Carolina. Home delivery service in outlying counties has declined in recent years, with delivery times growing later as the paper has outsourced circulation services outside the primary Charlotte area.

Circulation at The Charlotte Observer has been declining for many years. The most recent period (May 2011) showed that Charlotte Observer circulation totaled 155,497 daily and 212,318 Sunday.

In addition to its main bureau in Charlotte, the paper operates six regional bureaus in Hickory, Gastonia, Concord, Monroe, and Cornelius, and Fort Mill, South Carolina. It has offices in the state capitals of North and South Carolina: Raleigh and Columbia, respectively. The Observer also has an office in Washington, D.C.