South Wales Echo

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South Wales Echo
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Type Daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Trinity Mirror
Editor Tim Gordon
Founded 1884
Language English
Headquarters 6 Park Street,
Cardiff, Wales
Circulation 32,754 (January-June 2011)[1]
Website walesonline.co.uk
Thomson House

The South Wales Echo is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Cardiff, Wales and distributed throughout the surrounding area.

The newspaper was founded in 1884 and was based in Thomson House, Cardiff city centre. It is published by Media Wales Ltd (formerly Western Mail & Echo Ltd), part of the Trinity Mirror group. In 2008 Media Wales moved from Thomson House next to Six Park Street, opposite the Millennium Stadium.

Front page of the 1880 copy

Two editions are published: News Extra for morning sales and City Final for evening sales. There is also a Weekend edition published every Saturday.

Among many other well known writers, novelist Ken Follett, science writer Brian J. Ford, cartoonist Gren Jones, journalist Sue Lawley[2] and news reader Michael Buerk, have spent part of their careers with the Echo.

Echo Extra

Echo Extra is a free weekly newspaper, launched in July 2009. It replaced the Cardiff Post and is distributed to 52,000 homes, with distribution focused on the Cardiff suburbs of Whitchurch, Llandaff, Cyncoed and Rhiwbina.[3]

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  3. Trinity Mirror - Echo Extra

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