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Express & Echo

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Express & Echo
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Trinity Mirror
EditorScott Harrison[1]
Founded1904
Circulation19,749 (Jul-Dec 2012)[2]
Websitedevonlive.com

The Express & Echo is a paid-for newspaper for Exeter and the surrounding area.

History

The Express & Echo was established in 1904 as the result of a merger between the Western Echo and the Devon Evening Express, which was founded in 1864. It was published on green-tinted newsprint until 1930. It switched from broadsheet to tabloid format in 1979.[3]

It was published daily until September 2011, when it became a weekly newspaper.[4] In 2012, Local World acquired previous owner Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust.[5] Local World was subsequently acquired by Trinity Mirror.

From February 2015 the paper began publishing weekly on Thursdays.

References

  1. ^ Boyle, Darren (1 February 2014). "Local World appoints Jon-Paul Hedge as editor of Exeter Express & Echo". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Exeter - Express & Echo". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Newspaper History". Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Linford, Paul (5 August 2011). "Exeter daily becomes latest Northcliffe title to go weekly". HoldTheFrontPage.
  5. ^ Daily Mail sells regional newspapers to Local World BBC News, 21 November 2012