TheSouthern Daily Echo,more commonly known as theDaily Echoor simplyThe Echo,is a regional tabloidnewspaperbased inSouthampton,covering the county ofHampshirein theUnited Kingdom.The newspaper is owned byNewsquest,one of the largest publishers of local newspapers in the country, which is in turn owned byGannett.It began publication in August 1888[3]and a website has been in existence since 1998.
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 Southern Daily Echo,23 June 2009 | |
| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Newsquest |
| Publisher | Newsquest Media (Southern) |
| Editor | Ben Fishwick[1] |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Political alignment | Neutral |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | The Quay Channel Way, Ocean Village,SouthamptonSO14 3TG  United Kingdom |
| Circulation | 6,064 (as of 2023)[2] |
| Sister newspapers | Hampshire Chronicle,Romsey Advertiser,Bournemouth Daily Echo |
| ISSN | 0969-5702 |
| Website | dailyecho |
Publication of the print edition is from Monday to Saturday and[4]there is one edition a day, down from six editions a day in 2006. TheEchowas initially a daily newspaper before becoming an evening paper and changing its name to theEvening Echoon 1 July 1958. It returned to being theDaily Echo againon 10 January 1994.
TheEchois currently the only paid-for local newspaper covering the city of Southampton.
The editorial position is that of a politically neutral publication.
On Saturdays, theDaily Echoproduced theSports Pinkuntil 2017.[5]This was used for the reporting of sport stories regularly involving local sports teamSouthampton Football Club.This was one of only two surviving 'local football papers' which used to be common throughout the UK. It ceased circulation towards the end of 2017 after 119 years.[6]
Local sister publications include theHampshire Chronicle,Basingstoke Gazette,Romsey AdvertiserandBournemouth Daily Echoand previously a free weekly newspaper called theSouthampton Advertiserwas also published.
In 2021, the newspaper moved to offices in the Ocean Village area of Southampton city centre. Previously, it had spent almost 24 years in a purpose-built print facility and office building called Newspaper House in the Redbridge area of Southampton,[7]since 1997, with district offices inWinchester.Previously, there were also district offices in Hythe, Fareham, Lymington and Romsey. Newspaper House and the print centre were sold in 2020. The former city centre offices of theDaily Echoare now the site of the Above Bar entrance to the Westquay Shopping Centre, which opened in 2000.[8]
TheSouthern Daily Echowas named Newspaper of the Year 2009 and 2011, and Campaigning Newspaper of the Year 2011 at the annual EDF Energy South East and London Media Awards.
The newspaper's website,dailyecho.co.uk,won Website of the Year at the 2012 EDF Energy South East and London Media Awards.
The current editor is Ben Fishwick, who has been in post since January 2022.[9]
Former editors
edit- Ben Fishwick – 2022 -
- Katie Clark – 2021 (acting)
- Gordon Sutter – 2017-2021
- Ian Murray – 1998-2017
- Duncan Jeffery – 1986-1990
- James Henry Goldsmith – 1891 - 1910
External links
editReferences
edit- ^"Daily Echo Website".ABC.Retrieved27 October2021.
- ^"Southampton - Southern Daily Echo".Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK).19 February 2024.Retrieved2 March2024.
- ^"Heritage | Nostalgia and memories of years gone by in Southampton and Hampshire".Daily Echo.Retrieved3 January2015.
- ^Daily Echo
- ^"Sport | The Pink | The best coverage of the Saints and sport in Hampshire".Daily Echo.Retrieved3 January2015.
- ^"The 'end of an era' as Southampton's Sports Pink closes after 119 years".15 December 2017.
- ^"Contact | Telephone numbers and email addresses for the".Daily Echo.Retrieved3 January2015.
- ^"Southampton Memories: People and Places... – Southampton Memories: People and Places".Retrieved3 January2015– via Facebook.
- ^Sharman, David."Portsmouth News chief reporter becomes Southern Daily Echo editor - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage".HoldtheFrontPage.Retrieved10 January2022.