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In 1921, the Portland Daily Press was merged with the Portland Herald to form the Portland Press Herald in a sale of the Press from then U.S. Senator Frederick Hale to Guy P. Gannett, [6] [7] who had bought the Herald earlier the same year. [1] The first edition of the Portland Press Herald was published in November 21, 1921. [1]
The Mid-Coast Forecaster – published weekly alongside The Northern Forecaster, The Portland Forecaster and The Southern Forecaster Midcoast Villager – formed by the merger of the Courier Gazette, Camden Herald, Free Press, Republican-Journal, and villagesoup.com.
The trust owns 5 of out 6 daily newspapers in Maine, the exclusion being the Bangor Daily News. They own the flagship Portland Press Herald and its Sunday edition the Maine Sunday Telegram, as well as the Morning Sentinel of Waterville, the Kennebec Journal of Augusta, the Sun Journal of Lewiston, and the Times Record of Brunswick. [1]
Nov. 28—Several Portland police officers armed with long guns confronted armed suspects at a Portland convenience store Tuesday afternoon. The officers were making a felony stop on "armed ...
Dec. 27—A downtown Portland hotel in the former headquarters of the Portland Press Herald has been sold. Fathom Cos., a Portland property development and hotel management company, said Monday ...
Guy Gannett Communications was a family-owned business consisting of newspapers in Maine and a handful of television stations in the eastern United States.The company was founded by its namesake, Guy P. Gannett, in 1921, and was managed by a family trust from 1954 to 1998, when it sold most of its properties to The Seattle Times Company and Sinclair Broadcast Group.
This section's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information.The reason given is: Gannett sold some newspapers -- specifically Miami OK, wiki page for Miami News-Record show Gannett sold it in 2021.
The Evening Express 's first issue was printed on Thursday, October 12, 1882, by Arthur Laughlin, who was 28 years old at the time. In the first issue, Laughlin proclaimed; "With this, the first number of the Portland Evening Express, we present to the public a new penny daily evening paper, whose aim will be to give all the local news of the day up to 3 o'clock P.M."