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Basingstoke, Thatcham & Newbury Observer
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<p> The <i>Basingstoke, Thatcham & Newbury Observer</i> was a group of local free newspapers for the <a href="/facts/Basingstoke/kw3z2Akw">Basingstoke</a> and surrounding areas of north <a href="/facts/Hampshire/omDltCzr">Hampshire</a>, and the towns of <a href="/facts/Thatcham/ue1bo7Jr">Thatcham</a> and <a href="/facts/Newbury,_Berkshire/ySAm8MKM">Newbury</a> in <a href="/facts/Berkshire/jpDjJrl6">Berkshire</a>, England. It was published weekly, and was available free for readers to pick up from various shops and public outlets in and around Basingstoke, Thatcham & Newbury. </p><p>The newspaper was launched as the <i>Basingstoke Observer</i> in association with local radio station <a href="/facts/107.6_Kestrel_FM/20RYIL7x">Kestrel FM</a> in 2000, and was owned by the <a href="/facts/Milestone_Group/InEfnX0k">Milestone Group</a> until it was sold in a management buyout in September 2006; following several changes of ownership it ended up owned by Taylor Newspapers Ltd. In June 2015 the Observer brand was extended to titles in Newbury and Thatcham. </p><p>It was a sister publication to the <i><a href="/facts/Oxfordshire_Guardian/MhoIwJ5A">Oxfordshire Guardian</a></i>. The newspapers closed in May 2018. </p><p>in September 2018 the Basingstoke Observer relaunched and is now part of Observer Media Group. </p><p>In May 2023 the Observer Media Group applied to Companies House to be struck off the register and dissolved. </p>