Express & Echo

Express & Echo
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Trinity Mirror
Editor Patrick Phelvin [1]
Founded 1904
Circulation 19,749 (Jul-Dec 2012)[2]
Website devonlive.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 bi-weekly, with a smaller and more compact Monday edition alongside the Thursday edition.

References

  1. Boyle, Darren (1 February 2014). "Local World appoints Jon-Paul Hedge as editor of Exeter Express & Echo". Press Gazette.
  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.
  4. Linford, Paul (5 Aug 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
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