 It was Turnbull's interest in politics which led to his friendship, and future business partnership, with Samuel Storey.Storey, a former teacher and future MP for Sunderland, was aware of a gap in the market for a local daily newspaper, and was also keen to find a method of publicising his Radical points of view.Storey and Turnbull were two of the original seven founders of the Sunderland Echo in 1873.