The Portland Press Herald is the largest daily newspaper in the state of Maine, covering news and events in the coastal city of Portland and across southern and midcoast Maine. It began publication in 1862 on Congress Street, near the Old Port section of the city of Portland. Its Sunday edition is called the Maine Sunday Telegram.
On April 28, 2015, Maine businessmen Reade Brower and Chris Miles reached a deal to purchase MaineToday Media, the newspaper group that owns the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, the Kennebec Journal in Augusta and the Waterville Morning Sentinel. As of October 2019, Brower controlled six of Maine's seven daily newspapers and over 20 weekly publications through MaineToday Media, Mainely Media and Masthead Maine.
In June 2023, Brower announced a plan to sell the 5 daily and 17 weekly newspapers he owned in Maine to the nonprofit National Trust for Local News. The deal was completed on July 31, 2023. These papers are now owned by the Maine Trust for Local News, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Local News.
Circulation estimate: 37,776
This newspaper is owned by the Maine Trust for Local News.
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Poor (6 votes)Most Maine Daily Newspapers are Now Nonprofits
-- As of August 1, 2023, five of the six daily newspapers in Maine are now owned by the nonprofit Maine Trust for Local News, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Local News. The only daily paper in Maine still published for profit is the Bangor Daily News. The Maine Trust also publishes 17 weekly papers in the state.
The change in ownership was the choice of Reade Brower, the former owner...
Leading Newspapers in Maine to be Sold to Nonprofit National Trust for Local News
-- July 12, 2023: Masthead Maine is the leading newspaper publisher in the state with five daily and 17 weekly papers. Owner Reade Brower has agreed to sell the business to The National Trust for Local News, a Denver-based organization that describes itself as "a nonprofit dedicated to keeping local news in local hands."
Masthead Maine publishes the Portland Press Herald, Lewiston Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal (in Augusta),...
Portland Press-Herald Goes Digital-Only on Mondays
-- The leading newspaper in Portland, Maine will stop publishing Monday print editions as of March 2, 2020. The change will also apply to the Lewiston Sun Journal, Waterville Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal.
Lisa DeSisto, CEO of Masthead Maine, said each paper will continue to produce seven distinct editions per week but the Monday editions will be available only in digital...
Stephen King Saves Book Reviews at Maine Newspaper
-- Evidently the Portland Press Herald newspaper doesn't value reading, at least not in the form of books. On January 11, 2019 the paper said it would stop running book reviews, which prompted writer Stephen King to protest. The skirmish ended after an unusual deal was struck, with the paper saying it would continue running book reviews in its Sunday edition, the Maine Sunday Telegram.
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-- MaineToday Media owner Reade Brower controls six of Maine's seven daily newspapers and 21 of about 30 weeklies. How he got to be the William Randolph Hearst of the Pine Tree State is an interesting story, published by the Columbia Journalism Review on September 6, 2018:
https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/reade-brower-maine.php
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