It is published weekly, on a Wednesday, in the tabloid format by Archant, the UK's largest independently owned regional media business, with a digital edition updated throughout the day.

The Newham Recorder's Susan Smith won Feature Writer of the Year at the Eastern Counties Newspaper Group awards in 2007.

Archant withdrew the Newham Recorder, along with several other newspapers in its stable, from the ABC circulation figures in 2010 because it felt they didn't properly reflect its size in view of the variety of distribution channels used, with only part being paid for.

The second, from 1997,[citation needed] was Colin Grainger who joined as a trainee reporter upon leaving a local school in 1972.

[5] Grainger left in November 2012 after Archant merged the Recorder's news team with that of the Docklands & East London Advertiser.