The Northern Echo
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| Type | Regional daily |
| Format | Compact (Tabloid) |
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| Owner | Newsquest |
| Editor | Peter Barron (from 1999) |
| Founded | 1870 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Darlington, England |
| Circulation | 51,188 |
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| Website: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk | |
The Northern Echo is a daily regional morning newspaper serving the north-east of England. The paper is based in Priestgate, Darlington. Its first edition was published on January 1, 1870. The paper was started by John Hyslop Bell with the backing of the Pease family as a liberal alternative to existing local papers.[1]
Today, The Northern Echo is owned by Newsquest (Yorkshire and North East) Ltd. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations during the second half of 2006, The Northern Echo sold on average approximately 51,000 copies each day.[2] It has five editions, covering Teesside, North Yorkshire, North Durham, South-West Durham and Darlington. In June 2008, the newspaper announced it would reduce the number of editions to two,[3] having previously decided it may cut that to just one.[4]
Although traditionally a broadsheet, since February 26, 2007, the newspaper has been published in a tabloid format.[5] The newspaper transformed itself from a broadsheet to a tabloid in a one-year transition process, beginning with Saturday editions on January 14, 2006.[6][7] Other traditional British broadsheets, including The Times, The Independent, and The Guardian, made similar moves in the 2000s.
The Northern Echo has a number of sister publications, including the weekly Darlington & Stockton Times and the free Advertiser series.
When former Editor Harold Evans left the Echo in 1967, he moved to London as Editor of the Sunday Times, a post he held for 14 years, before moving on to The Times, where he stayed just a year.
[edit] Editors
- John Copleston: editor 1870–1871
- William Thomas Stead: editor 1871–1880
- John Marshall (c. 1856-c. 1903):
- Harold Evans: editor 1963–1967
- Allan Prosser
- Peter Sands
- Andrew Smith
- Peter Barron: editor 1999–
[edit] References
- ^ "W.T. Stead & The Northern Echo". The W.T. Stead Resource Site. http://www.attackingthedevil.co.uk/echo/index.php. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
- ^ ABC Circulation Certificate Retrieved 2007-12-01
- ^ "Morning newspaper loses three editions in production shake-up", Hold The Front Page (26 June 2008). Retrieved on 26 June 2008.
- ^ "Jobs and editions axed at Northern Echo", Hold The Front Page (18 June 2008). Retrieved on 18 June 2008.
- ^ "Northern Echo ditches broadsheet and turns compact", Press Gazette (2007-02-23). Retrieved on 28 July 2007.
- ^ "The compact revolution", The Northern Echo (2006-01-14). Retrieved on 24 July 2007.
- ^ Lagan, Sarah (2006-01-13). "Northern Echo turns tabloid", Press Gazette. Retrieved on 28 July 2007.
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