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Background and Format: The Northern Echo is published by Newquest daily and is aimed at residents of Tyne & Wear, Darlington, York, Harrogate, Hartlepool, Middlesborough and other towns and villages throughout the north of England. Covers news, sport, what's on, business, nostalgia and lifestyle. For more information about advertising rates, Ryan Fenwick can be reached on +44 (0)1325 505 169 and at ryan.fenwick@nqyne.co.uk  Circulation: Source: ABC Awards: 2013 - Regional Press Awards, Front Page of the Year: We’ll Always Remember Her (highly commended) Alerts: Gorkana Alert: Monday 1 June 2015 The Northern Echo has launched a paywall for its online content. Visitors to the site will be allowed free access to 10 articles per month before being asked to register. Thereafter, 10 further articles will be available for free before a charge of £1 per week is introduced. Gorkana Alert: Wednesday 7 November 2012 Newsquest has produced apps of ten of its newspapers for the new Amazon Kindle Fire and Fire HD tablets. Apps have been created for The Northern Echo, The Oxford Times, The Argus (Brighton), Sutton Guardian, Worcester News, Stourbridge News, Hampshire Sports Pink, Colchester Daily Gazette, Swindon Advertiser and the Southend, Basildon and Castlepoint Echo. They are available from the Kindle Newsstand and have been developed in partnership with technology company PageSuite. For more information, Managing Director of Newsquest Digital Media Roger Green can be reached at rgreen@newsquest.co.uk Gorkana Alert: Tuesday 10 April 2012 The Northern Echo has launched a new iPhone and iPad app, which condenses four editions of the newspaper into one package. It also provides readers with a blend of local, regional and national news and features. The application is available on a month's free trial to begin with and £4.99 a month thereafter. For further information, the news desk can be reached on +44 (0)1325 381 313 and newsdesk@nne.co.uk Gorkana Alert: Monday 21 March 2011 Next Monday, Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne will be Guest Editor of The Northern Echo. Current Editor Peter Barron will become Deputy Editor for the day. Profits from the sale of any newspapers above average on the following day will be donated to the Bannatyne Charitable Trust, as well as 10% of the proceeds from an advertising feature to commemorate his editorship. For more information Peter can be reached on +44 (0)1325 381 313 and echo@nne.co.uk Gorkana Consumer Alert: Monday 28th July 2008 There have been recent changes made to The Northern Echo edition structure. The previous five editions divided into Darlington, South West Durham, Teesside, Durham North and North Yorkshire, have now been merged into two editions split into north and south areas. The north edition has been designed in line with boundaries of the new County Durham unitary authority. The south edition will focus primarily on Darlington, the wider Tees Valley and North Yorkshire. The Editor, Peter Barron,