Voyeur Observer
The Voyeur Observer
25 North Intercourse, Requiem
The Voyeur Observer is one of the dominant daily newspapers published in Requiem, serving readers in the Southwestern Megalopolitan Complex with Requiem-centric news and opinions.
With a total circulation of 1,000,000 built from a local edition circulation of 800,000 and a regional edition circulation of 200,000, The Voyeur Observer yields a total readership of 3,800,000, making the newspaper one of the most-read newspapers in the larger megalopolitan complex, second only to its larger local competition, The Requiem Outlook. The newspaper earns a revenue of 2,044,200μ/AU and has a newsstand price of 30mμ.
The Voyeur Observer, originally named simply The Observer of Requiem, assumes its compound name in honor of the tradition of journalists and the mediums that convey their reporting being merely observers in situations and never directly interacting or intervening in newsworthy events or society in general—only effecting change indirectly through the impact of the information and insight they provide. Through a happenstance twist of lexicological morphology in the Glossa Communi language, locals in the Requiem area attributed this tendency to voyeurism rather than simple observation and began referring to the newspaper The Voyeur. In response, the newspaper took the path of least resistance and assumed its current name as an alternative to resisting the colloquial references.
The Voyeur Observer indicates its observationist doctrine on its editorial page, occasionally printing detail about how this tradition informs the newspaper's editorials and its news coverage.