What is the name of the Portland Maine newspaper?”
The Portland Press Herald (and Maine Sunday Telegram; collectively known as The Portland Newspapers) publish daily newspapers every day of the week in Portland, Maine, USA. Serving the state’s largest and most commercially important city, as well as much of southern Maine, the Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram form the largest-circulation newsroom in Maine. The Press Herald, founded in 1862 on Congress Street, is the largest in the state in terms of both circulation and reporting staff. To this day, its offices remain in the Gannett Building on the corner of Congress and Exchange streets, near the Old Port section of the city. Notable alumni of the paper include longtime Washington correspondent May Craig and current Boston Herald sports columnist Steve Buckley. Its editorial board is generally viewed to have center-left political views. It endorsed the 2003 Iraq War, but has since criticized the war’s execution. In Maine’s 2006 campaign for governor it endorsed John Baldacci, the
The Portland Press Herald (and Maine Sunday Telegram; collectively known as The Portland Newspapers) publish daily newspapers every day of the week in Portland, Maine, USA. Serving the state’s largest and most commercially important city, as well as much of southern Maine, the Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram form the largest-circulation newsroom in Maine. The Portland Newspapers throughout most of the 10th century were the cornerstone of Guy Gannett Communications’s media holdings. In 1998, the local owner sold the papers to Blethen Maine Newspapers, part of the Seattle Times family of newspapers, owned by the Blethen family, which has Maine roots but is now based in Washington. On Monday, March 17, 2008, the Press Herald released a smaller, 2-section newspaper (in contrast to its traditional 4+ section paper). A brief editorial highlighted advertising concerns and said the other sections could be found online. The next day, The Seattle Times Company, parent company of Blethen M
The Portland Press Herald (and Maine Sunday Telegram; collectively known as The Portland Newspapers) publish daily newspapers every day of the week in Portland, Maine, USA. Serving the state’s largest and most commercially important city, as well as much of southern Maine, the Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram form the largest-circulation newsroom in Maine.
