The Echo (Essex)

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The Echo
Type Daily newspaper
Publisher Newsquest
EditorChris Hatton
News editorGary Pearson
Sports editorChris Phillips
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersHoward Chase, Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom
Circulation 6,885(as of 2024) [1]
Website echo-news.co.uk

The Echo is a daily newspaper serving South Essex, England. [2] It used to be part of the Westminster Press owned by Pearson, [3] and is now owned by Newsquest.

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The paper was founded in September 1969 and is based in Basildon. [4] Initially, it was known as the Evening Echo.

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References

  1. "Southend - Basildon - Canvey - Echo". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 21 February 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  2. "This is Essex the web portal for Essex". Thisisessex.co.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  3. Bob Franklin, David Murphy (26 September 1991), "Pearson Longman", What news?, ISBN   9780203995532
  4. Newspaper Press Directory 1974, Vol. 123, p.206