Echo Weekly is an alternative weekly

Alternative weekly

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 newspaper serving the Kitchener

Kitchener, Ontario

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, Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario

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, Cambridge

Cambridge, Ontario

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, and Guelph

Guelph

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 areas in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. Up until January 2008 Its offices were located in downtown Kitchener but have moved to downtown Guelph

Guelph

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It is published by Dynasty Communication Inc

Dynasty Communication Inc

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 of Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario

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. Dynasty also publishes similar papers in Hamilton (View Magazine

View Magazine

View Magazine is an alternative weekly newspaper serving the Hamilton, Ontario area in Canada. It covers the cities and towns of Niagara Region, Ancaster, Burlington, Stoney Creek, Glanbrook, Dundas, Flamborough, and Hamilton. Its offices are located in downtown Hamilton.It is published by Dynasty...

) and the Niagara Region (Pulse Niagara

Pulse Niagara

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).

History

Echo started publishing in September 1997 by Sean Rosen, Ron Kilpatrick and Marcus Rosen. It serves the 18-35 year old market. Echo is published every Thursday and distributes +55,000 free copies to more than 470 locations throughout the greater Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, Fergus, Alora and Guelph area.

Masthead

• Publisher: Ron Kilpatrick
• Editor-in-Chief: Ryan Farkas
• Editorial Assistant: Alexandra Bates
• Advertising Sales Manager: Sean Rosen
• Advertising Representative: Chris Rego
• Classifieds: Liz Kay