Express & Echo
The Express & Echo is a paid-for newspaper for Exeter and the surrounding area.
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Reach plc |
| Editor | Scott Harrison[1] |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Circulation | 4,384 (as of 2022)[2] |
| Website | devonlive |
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.[3]
In 1909 it contained a column titled "Womanland" which dealt with various topics including suffrage protests. It was written by Exeter's first woman councillor (in time) Edith Splatt.[4]
The paper 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.[5] In 2012, Local World acquired previous owner Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust.[6] Local World was subsequently acquired by Trinity Mirror.
From February 2015 the paper began publishing weekly on Thursdays.
References
- Boyle, Darren (1 February 2014). "Local World appoints Jon-Paul Hedge as editor of Exeter Express & Echo". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- "Exeter - Express & Echo". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 8 February 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- "Newspaper History". Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Smith, Colleen (6 February 2018). "100 years of suffrage - 100 Devon women then and now". DevonLive. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- Linford, Paul (5 August 2011). "Exeter daily becomes latest Northcliffe title to go weekly". HoldTheFrontPage.
- Daily Mail sells regional newspapers to Local World BBC News, 21 November 2012