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 Liverpool Echo building in March 2013 Credit: John Bradley | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Reach plc |
| Editor | Maria Breslin |
| Founded | 1879 |
| Political alignment | Centre-left |
| Headquarters | Liverpool, Merseyside |
| Circulation | 9,008 (as of 2025)[1] |
| Website | www |
TheLiverpool Echo is a newspaper published byTrinity Mirror North West & North Wales – a subsidiary company ofReach plc and is based in St. Paul's Square,Liverpool,England.[2] It is published Monday through Sunday, and is Liverpool's daily newspaper. Until January 13, 2012, it had a sister morning paper, theLiverpool 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 inSt Paul's Square, Liverpool, having downsized fromOld Hall Street in March 2018.[3]
In 1879, theLiverpool Echo was published as a cheaper sister paper to theLiverpool 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 intabloid format.
A special Sunday edition of theEcho was published on 16 April 1989, for reporting on the previous day'sHillsborough disaster, in which 97Liverpool F.C. fans were fatally injured at theFA Cup semi-final tie inSheffield. Every single one of the 75,000 copies printed was sold.[4]
In 1999 Trinity merged withMirror Group Newspapers to become Trinity Mirror, the largest stable of newspapers in the country.[5] In 2018, Trinity Mirror was rebranded asReach plc.[6]
On 7 January 2014 it was announced that a regular Sunday edition of the paper would be launched. TheSunday Echo is "a seventh day of publication, not an independent product", according to the paper.[7]
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.[8]
Criticism has been directed at theEcho for its perceived bias towards local politicians. In 2024, Liam Thorp, 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 andSteve Rotheram.[9]
A special Sunday edition of the Liverpool Echo sold all 75,000 copies.
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