The ''Liverpool Echo'' is a newspaper published by

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North West & North Wales – a subsidiary company of

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and is based in St. Paul's Square,

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. It is published Monday through Sunday, and is Liverpool's daily newspaper. Until January 13, 2012 , it had a sister morning paper, the ''

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''. Between July and December 2022, it had an average daily circulation of 15,395. 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.

History

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

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, in which 97

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fans were fatally injured at the

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semi-final tie in

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. Every single one of the 75,000 copies printed was sold. In 1999 Trinity merged with Mirror Group Newspapers to become Trinity Mirror, the largest stable of newspapers in the country. In 2018, Trinity Mirror was rebranded as

. 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. 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. Criticism has been directed at the ''Echo'' 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 and Steve Rotheram.

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