The ''Southern Daily Echo'', more commonly known as the ''Daily Echo'' or simply ''The Echo'', is a regional tabloid

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based in

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, covering the county of

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in the

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. The newspaper is owned by

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, one of the largest publishers of local newspapers in the country, which is in turn owned by

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. It began publication in August 1888 and a website has been in existence since 1998. Publication of the print edition is from Monday to Saturday and there is one edition a day, down from six editions a day in 2006. The ''Echo'' was initially a daily newspaper before becoming an evening paper and changing its name to the ''Evening Echo'' on 1 July 1958. It returned to being the ''Daily Echo again'' on 10 January 1994. The ''Echo'' is currently the only paid-for local newspaper covering the city of Southampton. On Saturdays, the ''Daily Echo'' produced the ''Sports Pink'' until 2017. This was used for the reporting of sport stories regularly involving local sports team Southampton Football Club. This was one of only two surviving 'local football papers' which used to be common throughout the UK. It ceased circulation towards the end of 2017 after 119 years. Local sister publications include the '' Hampshire Chronicle'', '' Basingstoke Gazette'', '' Romsey Advertiser'' and '' Bournemouth Daily Echo'' and previously a free weekly newspaper called the ''Southampton Advertiser'' was also published. The ''Hampshire Independent'', originally founded in 1835, was merged with the ''Echo'' in 1923. In 2021, the newspaper moved to offices in the Ocean Village area of Southampton city centre. Previously, it had spent almost 24 years in a purpose-built print facility and office building called Newspaper House in the Redbridge area of Southampton, since 1997, with district offices in

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. Previously, there were also district offices in Hythe, Fareham, Lymington and Romsey. Newspaper House and the print centre were sold in 2020. The former city centre offices of the ''Daily Echo'' are now the site of the Above Bar entrance to the Westquay Shopping Centre, which opened in 2000. The ''Southern Daily Echo'' was named Newspaper of the Year 2009 and 2011, and Campaigning Newspaper of the Year 2011 at the annual EDF Energy South East and London Media Awards. The newspaper's website, dailyecho.co.uk, won Website of the Year at the 2012 EDF Energy South East and London Media Awards. The current editor is Ben Fishwick, who has been in post since January 2022.

Former editors

*Ben Fishwick – 2022 - *Katie Clark – 2021 (acting) *Gordon Sutter – 2017-2021 *Ian Murray – 1998-2017 *Duncan Jeffery – 1986-1990 *James Henry Goldsmith – 1891 - 1910

External links

Southern Daily Echo websiteDaily Echo on TwitterDaily Echo on Facebook

References

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