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The '''''Southern Daily Echo''''' is a regional tabloid [[newspaper]] based in [[Southampton]], covering the county of [[Hampshire]] in the [[United Kingdom]].
The '''''Southern Daily Echo''''', more commonly known as the '''''Daily Echo''''' or simply '''''The 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 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/heritage/echo125/ |title=Heritage &#124; Nostalgia and memories of years gone by in Southampton and Hampshire|publisher=Daily Echo|date= |accessdate=2015-01-03}}</ref> It is published from Monday to Saturday.<ref>[http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/subscribe/ Daily Echo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> There is one edition a day; Thursday and Saturday are job days, where all local job vacancies can be advertised.
The paper was first published in August 1888<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/heritage/echo125/ |title=Heritage &#124; Nostalgia and memories of years gone by in Southampton and Hampshire|publisher=Daily Echo|date= |accessdate=2015-01-03}}</ref> and a website has been in existence since 1998.


The printed newspaper is published from Monday to Saturday and <ref>[http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/subscribe/ Daily Echo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 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 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 which covers the city of Southampton, and is a politically neutral publication.

The Echo is currently the only paid-for local newspaper covering the city of Southampton.

The editorial position is that of a politically neutral publication.


On Saturdays, the Daily Echo produced '''''Sports Pink''''' is also sold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/pink/ |title=Sport &#124; The Pink &#124; The best coverage of the Saints and sport in Hampshire |publisher=Daily Echo |date= |accessdate=2015-01-03}}</ref> 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.
On Saturdays, the Daily Echo produced '''''Sports Pink''''' is also sold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/pink/ |title=Sport &#124; The Pink &#124; The best coverage of the Saints and sport in Hampshire |publisher=Daily Echo |date= |accessdate=2015-01-03}}</ref> 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.

Revision as of 16:38, 4 February 2015

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, more commonly known as the Daily Echo or simply The Echo, is a regional tabloid newspaper based in Southampton, covering the county of Hampshire in the United Kingdom.

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] and a website has been in existence since 1998.

The printed newspaper is published from Monday to Saturday and [4] 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.

The editorial position is that of 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.

References

  1. ^ "Select an installation profile | Drupal". Pressgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Local World overtakes Newsquest and Johnston Press as regional press web traffic surges up". Press Gazette. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Heritage | Nostalgia and memories of years gone by in Southampton and Hampshire". Daily Echo. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  4. ^ Daily Echo
  5. ^ "Sport | The Pink | The best coverage of the Saints and sport in Hampshire". Daily Echo. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Contact | Telephone numbers and email addresses for the". Daily Echo. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Southampton Memories: People and Places... - Southampton Memories: People and Places". Facebook. Retrieved 3 January 2015.