Express & Echo

Express & Echo

Type	Weekly newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	Reach plc
Editor	Scott Harrison [1]
Founded	1904
Circulation	3,309(as of 2023) [2]
Website	exeterexpressandecho.co.uk (Archived 21 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine )

The Express & Echo is a paid-for newspaper for Exeter, England 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. ^[3]

In 1909 it contained a column titled "Womanland" which dealt with various topics including suffrage protests. It was written by Exeter's first woman councillor (in time) Edith Splatt. ^[4] The paper 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. ^[5] In 2012, Local World acquired previous owner Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust. ^[6] Local World was then 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 (Thursday)". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 8 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
3. "Newspaper History". Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
4. Smith, Colleen (6 February 2018). "100 years of suffrage - 100 Devon women then and now". DevonLive. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
5. Linford, Paul (5 August 2011). "Exeter daily becomes latest Northcliffe title to go weekly". HoldTheFrontPage.
6. Daily Mail sells regional newspapers to Local World BBC News, 21 November 2012