The Echo (Essex)

"Echo News" redirects here. For other newspapers named "Echo", see Echo (newspaper).

The Echo
TypeDaily newspaper
PublisherNewsquest
EditorChris Hatton
News editorGary Pearson
Sports editorChris Phillips
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersHoward Chase, Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom
Circulation7,588 (as of 2023)[1]
Websiteecho-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.

The paper was founded in September 1969, based in Basildon.[4] Originally, it was known as the Evening Echo.

  1. ^ "Southend - Basildon - Canvey - Echo". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 23 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  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