The Echo (Essex)

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The Echo
Type Daily newspaper
Publisher Newsquest
EditorChris Hatton
News editorGary Pearson
Sports editorChris Phillips
Photo editorAl Underwood
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersChester Hall Lane, Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom
Circulation 8,080(as of 2023) [1]
Website www.echo-news.co.uk

The Echo is a daily newspaper which serves 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, based in Basildon. [4] Originally, it was known as the "Evening Echo".

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References

  1. "Southend - Basildon - Canvey - Echo". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 18 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  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