South Wales Echo
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South Wales Echo | |
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Type | Daily newspaper |
Format | Tabloid |
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Owner | Trinity Mirror |
Editor | Richard Williams |
Founded | 1884 |
Language | English |
Price | £0.43 |
Headquarters | Thomson House, Cardiff |
Circulation | 50,422 (August 2007) |
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Website: icWales: South Wales Echo |
The South Wales Echo is a daily newspaper distributed in South Wales. It was founded in 1884 and is based in Thomson House, Cardiff city centre. It is published daily, in a tabloid form, by Media Wales Ltd (formerly Western Mail & Echo Ltd), part of the Trinity Mirror group.
Two editions are published: News Extra for morning sales and City Final for evening sales. There is also a Weekend edition published every Saturday
Amongst many others, novelist Ken Follett, science writer Brian J. Ford, cartoonist Gren Jones, journalist Sue Lawley[1] and news reader Michael Buerk, have spent part of their careers with the Echo.
The newspaper also sponsors the Cardiff Devils ice hockey team.
In August 2006, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulation figures, the South Wales Evening Post which is based in Swansea, overtook the South Wales Echo as the biggest selling evening newspaper in Wales.[1]
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- ^ The Guardian profile: Sue Lawley. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.