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PublishedJanuary 29, 2025
Founder of nonprofit that bought Maine newspapers stepping down as CEO
Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro co-founded the trust in 2021 and has been its CEO since, leading the acquisition of daily and weekly newspapers and websites in Maine previously owned by Reade Brower.
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PublishedJune 20, 2024
Portland Press Herald top editor stepping down for new role at Boston University
Steve Greenlee returned to the paper as managing editor in 2012 and took over as executive editor in 2021. He'll be joining the faculty at BU in the fall.
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PublishedJune 7, 2024
After editor’s departure, Washington Post’s publisher faces questions about phone hacking stories
New CEO and publisher Will Lewis is facing questions about whether he made recent efforts to conceal his involvement in a British scandal a decade ago.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2023
Maine Journalism Foundation plans to dissolve following sale of Masthead Maine papers
The foundation plans to transfer $171,000 in remaining donations to the Maine Trust for Local News.
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PublishedAugust 14, 2023
Kansas police, small newspaper at center of 1st Amendment fight after newsroom raid
While a restaurant owner accused the newspaper of unlawfully seeking information on the status of her driver's license, the newspaper countered that it received that information unsolicited, which it verified through public online records.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2023
Police face criticism for raiding central Kansas newspaper, seizing phones and computers
The newspaper plans to sue the police department and possibly others, its publisher and co-owner said and called the raid an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment’s free press guarantee.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2023
Residents are at a loss after newspaper that bound community shuts in declining coal county
Months after the last newspaper closed in a declining coal community in West Virginia, residents say they are already experiencing challenges getting and sharing information.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2023
The Portland Phoenix publishes final issue
The owners of the weekly newspaper, which restarted after a shutdown in 2019, said the pandemic kept them from attracting enough advertisers.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2023
Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal owner exploring options to sell media holdings or take on a partner
In a memo to employees Thursday, Reade Brower said he's begun thinking about what is next for his newspapers, which include five dailies and more than two dozen weeklies across the state.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2023
Maine newspaper delivery driver prayed to get through ice storm
Now-retired Strong newspaper delivery driver Kay Brackley was so scared delivering papers the night of the ice storm she vowed to give up her route.
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