Public Meeting

7pm, Monday 21st September
Friends Meeting House, Euston Road.
(opposite Euston Station)
supported by the
NUJ and
Press Gazette

Join the growing chorus

You may be aware of the proposal to close the world's oldest Sunday newspaper, The Observer, which was founded in 1791.

Within a matter of weeks, the Scott Trust, a non-charitable panel of nine trustees which owns the Guardian Media Group, will decide whether to extinguish The Observer.

We hope that by bringing this urgent and very real crisis to your attention you will join the growing chorus of opinion aimed at ensuring one of the most respected and cherished proponents of liberal values in the global media is allowed to continue.

Journalists working across both newspapers believe strongly that the Observer must not only survive, but continue to be properly resourced so that it can continue as an independent Sunday newspaper that can successfully compete in its market. That is why they voted - at a meeting of their joint union - to reject any move to close the title.

In a hard-hitting motion that was passed unanimously, the journalists stated: "The closing of a 200-year-old newspaper cannot be regarded as in any way comparable to other product changes currently being considered as part of the drive to reduce losses and offers its full support to the public campaign to save the Observer as an independent Sunday newspaper." It called on union officers to challenge unsubstantiated figures reported in the media, that grossly exaggerated the losses made by title.

We do not believe the financial case has been made for shutting down this British institution. Now we are asking that you too Stand Up for the Observer.