Jump to content

Bournemouth Daily Echo

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 93.174.8.253 (talk) at 08:57, 8 June 2016. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Bournemouth Daily Echo
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Gannett
PublisherNewsquest (Southern) Limited
EditorAndy Martin
Founded1900
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersBournemouth, Dorset, England
Circulation16395
Sister newspapersSouthern Daily Echo (Southampton), Dorset Echo (Weymouth)
WebsiteBournemouthEcho.co.uk

The Bournemouth Daily Echo, commonly known as the Daily Echo (aka the Bournemouth Echo), is a local newspaper that covers the area of southeast Dorset, England, including the towns of Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch. Published by Newsquest (Southern) Limited, issues appear Monday to Saturday inclusive with a daily circulation of 16,395 as of January 2013.[1]

The newspaper was first published on 20 August 1900, and the centenary of the paper was celebrated in, Echoes of the Century, a book published by the Daily Echo in 2000 that chronicles the history and reportage of a century.[2] In October 2006, the EDF Energy London and South of England Media Awards awarded The Daily Echo the title of Daily Newspaper of the Year. In the same competition, the paper also won Columnist of the Year and Environmental Journalist of the Year for the work put forth by Faith Eckersall and Natalie Bruckner, respectively.[3]

The paper was heavily involved with the Tesco bomb campaign, an attempted extortion against Tesco stores in the Bournemouth area in 2000–01, including placing classified adverts on behalf of the police to allow them to communicate with the perpetrator.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Newspaper Report for the publication: Bournemouth - The Daily Echo". Local Media Works.
  2. ^ "Daily Echo book celebrates a century". UK: Hold the Front Page. 2000. Retrieved 30 January 2008. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Bournemouth treble as Echo lifts Newspaper of the Year title". UK: Hold the Front Page. 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2008. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)