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Lincolnshire Echo
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Former offices in April 2009
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s) Reach PLC
Founded1893
Circulation 5,253(as of 2022) [1]
Website https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/

The Lincolnshire Echo is a weekly British regional newspaper for Lincolnshire, whose first edition was on Tuesday 31 January 1893, and is published every Thursday. It is owned by Reach PLC and it is distributed throughout the county.

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The newspaper was a daily morning publication for the first 118 years of its existence until falling circulation figures prompted a switch to a weekly schedule in 2011. The final daily edition was published on 14 October with publication of the weekly edition commencing on 20 October. [2] [3]

The daily version of the paper was named "Regional Newspaper of the Year" by the Newspaper Society in April 2005. [4]

The permanent closure of the printing plant in Lincoln was announced in 2006 and production was moved to Grimsby. [5] It is now printed at one of Reach PLC's four UK printing sites. [6]

The Lincolnshire Echo building was sold in April 2009 to the University of Lincoln and the paper moved slightly further down the same road to office space in Witham Wharf. [7]

The paper then moved to an office on Doddington Road in 2020, [8] before its journalists switched to remote work later that year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [9] The paper did not return to the Doddington Road office and in 2022, a partnership was announced whereby the Lincolnshire Echo uses office space at the University of Lincoln in return for the university's students receiving work experience and guidance from the paper. [10] Following the closure of the vast majority of Reach PLC's offices, similar agreements were signed in Leicester and Teesside. [11]

In 2012, Local World acquired owner Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust. [12] In October 2015, Local World was bought in full by its part-shareholder Trinity Mirror. [13] Trinity Mirror was then rebranded as Reach PLC in 2018. [14]

The paper uses its www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk website to break stories from the Echo as well as its sister weeklies, the Boston Target, the Sleaford Target, the East Coast Target and the Retford Times. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lincolnshire Echo". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 8 February 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Daily Lincolnshire Echo to become weekly". BBC News. 16 September 2011. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Lincolnshire Echo publishes final daily edition". BBC News. 14 October 2011. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Awards". Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2006.
  5. ↑ "Northcliffe's cost-cutting target doubles | Regional & local newspapers | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Delivery & Distribution | Reach Printing Services" . Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  7. ↑ Wells, Rob (19 May 2009). "University of Lincoln to buy Lincolnshire Echo building". The Linc. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "Lincolnshire Echo moves out of city centre offices". The Lincolnite. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "Out of Reach: Lincolnshire Echo and Grimsby Telegraph closing offices". The Lincolnite. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  10. ↑ Pridmore, Oliver (23 May 2022). "Lincolnshire Live and University of Lincoln form new partnership". LincolnshireLive. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "Reach regional titles announce partnerships with universities in Lincoln, Leicester and Teesside". Reach Corporate. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  12. ↑ "Daily Mail sells regional newspapers to Local World". BBC News. 21 November 2012.
  13. ↑ "Trinity Mirror confirms £220m Local World deal | Reach (formerly Trinity Mirror) | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  14. ↑ "Trinity Mirror to rebrand as Reach after Express and Star deal | Reach (formerly Trinity Mirror) | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  15. ↑ "Lincolnshire Live – Latest local news, sport & business from Lincolnshire". lincolnshirelive. Retrieved 15 November 2022.


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