Liverpool Echo

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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo building in March 2013
Credit: John Bradley
Type Daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Reach plc
Editor Maria Breslin
Founded 1879
Political alignment Centre-left
Headquarters Liverpool, Merseyside
Circulation 12,106 (as of 2023) [1]
Website www .liverpoolecho .co .uk Edit this at Wikidata

The Liverpool Echo is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales ? a subsidiary company of Reach plc and is based in St. Paul's Square, Liverpool , Merseyside , England . It is published Monday through Sunday, and is Liverpool's daily newspaper. Until January 13, 2012 , it had a sister morning paper, the Liverpool Daily Post . Between July and December 2022, it had an average daily circulation of 15,395. [1]

Historically, the newspaper was published by the Liverpool Daily Post & Echo Ltd. Its office is in St Paul's Square, Liverpool, having downsized from Old Hall Street in March 2018. [2]

History [ edit ]

In 1879, the Liverpool Echo was published as a cheaper sister paper to the Liverpool Daily Post . From its inception until 1917 the newspaper cost a halfpenny. It is now ￡1.40p Monday to Friday, ￡1.80p on Saturday and ￡1.40p on Sunday.

The limited company expanded internationally and underwent restructuring in 1985, becoming Trinity International Holdings Plc. Prior to this restructuring, the two original newspapers had recently been re-launched in tabloid format.

A special Sunday edition of the Echo was published on 16 April 1989, for reporting on the previous day's Hillsborough disaster , in which 97 Liverpool F.C. fans were fatally injured at the FA Cup semi-final tie in Sheffield . Every single one of the 75,000 copies printed was sold. [3]

In 1999 Trinity merged with Mirror Group Newspapers to become Trinity Mirror, the largest stable of newspapers in the country. [4] In 2018, Trinity Mirror was rebranded as Reach plc . [5]

On 7 January 2014 it was announced that a regular Sunday edition of the paper would be launched. The Sunday Echo is "a seventh day of publication, not an independent product", according to the paper. [6]

In 2008 the paper moved printing from Liverpool to Trinity Mirror Plc, Oldham, Greater Manchester, while journalists remain based at St Paul's Square in Liverpool city centre.

In 2020, editor-in-chief Alistair Machray stood down and was replaced by Maria Breslin. [7]

Criticism has been directed at the Echo for its perceived bias towards local politicians. In 2024, Liam Thorpe, the paper's political editor, collaborated on a book titled "Head North: A Rallying Cry for a More Equal Britain" with the metro mayors of Manchester and Liverpool, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram . [8]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b "Liverpool Echo" . Audit Bureau of Circulations . 26 January 2024 . Retrieved 2 March 2024 .
  2. ^ Houghton, Alistair (14 December 2017). "ECHO to move to new home in Liverpool city centre opposite current office" . Liverpool Echo .
  3. ^ MacArthur, Brian (23 April 1989). "How Every Picture Told a Different Story of Tragedy; Hillsborough Football Disaster". The Sunday Times . London – via Gale. A special Sunday edition of the Liverpool Echo sold all 75,000 copies.
  4. ^ Barrie, Chris (31 July 1999). "Trinity wins Mirror deal" . The Guardian . Retrieved 9 June 2020 .
  5. ^ "Daily Mirror publisher Trinity to change name" . The Independent . 5 March 2018 . Retrieved 9 June 2020 .
  6. ^ "Liverpool Echo to Launch Sunday Echo on January 19" . Liverpool Echo . 7 January 2014 . Retrieved 7 January 2014 .
  7. ^ "Liverpool Echo editor Ali Machray to stand down" . 9 July 2020.
  8. ^ Ball, Jonny (11 March 2024). "Battle cry of the Scouse dads" . New Statesman . Retrieved 28 March 2024 .

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