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| headquarters = Newspaper House<br />Test Lane, [[Southampton]] SO16 9JX<br />{{UK}}
| headquarters = Newspaper House<br />Test Lane, [[Southampton]] SO16 9JX<br />{{UK}}
| circulation = 67,778 daily (total combined),
| circulation = 78,141 daily (total combined),
26,856 daily<ref>http://www.abc.org.uk/Products-Services/Product-Page/?tid=20929</ref> (print),
22,397 daily<ref>http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/uk-dailies-loses-sales-135-cent-year-year-price-rises-make-newsquest-titles-biggest-fallers</ref> (print),
40,922 daily<ref>http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/kent-messenger-group-almost-doubles-online-web-traffic-according-latest-abcs</ref> (online)
55,744 daily<ref>http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/local-world-overtakes-newsquest-and-johnston-press-regional-press-web-traffic-surges</ref> (online)
| sister newspapers = [[Hampshire Chronicle]], [[Romsey Advertiser]], [[Bournemouth Daily Echo]]
| sister newspapers = [[Hampshire Chronicle]], [[Romsey Advertiser]], [[Bournemouth Daily Echo]]
| ISSN = 0969-5702
| ISSN = 0969-5702

Revision as of 16:49, 1 October 2014

Southern Daily Echo
File:Daily Echo Masthead.jpg
Southern Daily Echo, 23 June 2009
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Newsquest
PublisherNewsquest Media (Southern)
EditorIan Murray
News editorGordon Sutter
Sports editorSimon Carter
Photo editorPaul Collins
Founded1888
Political alignmentNeutral
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersNewspaper House
Test Lane, Southampton SO16 9JX
 United Kingdom
Circulation78,141 daily (total combined),

22,397 daily[1] (print),

55,744 daily[2] (online)
Sister newspapersHampshire Chronicle, Romsey Advertiser, Bournemouth Daily Echo
ISSN0969-5702
Websitedailyecho.co.uk

The Southern Daily Echo is a regional tabloid newspaper based in Southampton, covering the county of Hampshire in the United Kingdom.

Commonly known as the Daily Echo or simply The Echo, the newspaper is owned by Newsquest, one of the largest publishers of local newspapers in the country, which is in turn owned by Gannett.

The paper was first published in August 1888.[3] It is published from Monday to Saturday.[4] There is one edition a day; Thursday and Saturday are job days, where all local job vacancies can be advertised.

The Echo was initially a daily newspaper before becoming an evening paper and changing its name to the Evening Echo on July 1, 1958. It returned to being the Daily Echo again on January 10, 1994.

The Echo is currently the only paid-for local newspaper which covers the city of Southampton, and is a politically neutral publication.

On Saturdays, the Daily Echo produced Sports Pink is also sold.[5] This is used for the reporting of sport stories regularly involving local sports team Southampton Football Club. This is one of only two surviving 'local football papers' which used to be common throughout the UK.

Local sister publications include the Hampshire Chronicle, Basingstoke Gazette, Romsey Advertiser and Bournemouth Daily Echo.

The newspaper moved to its current main offices in the Redbridge area of Southampton[6] in 1997, with district offices in Winchester. 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.[7]

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 Ian Murray, who has edited the newspaper since 1998.

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