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class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daily_newspaper" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily newspaper">Daily newspaper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Format</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Broadsheet" title="Broadsheet">Broadsheet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maine_Trust_for_Local_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Maine Trust for Local News">Maine Trust for Local News</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>J. T. Gilman</li><li>Joseph B. Hall</li><li>Newell A. Foster</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data">Lisa DeSisto</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editor</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Steve Greenlee</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1862<span class="noprint">; 162 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1862</span>)</span> (as the <i>Portland Daily Press</i>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">295 Gannett Drive <a href="/wiki/South_Portland,_Maine" title="South Portland, Maine">South Portland, Maine</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:2689-5900">2689-5900</a> (print)<br /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:2689-5919">2689-5919</a> (web)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> number</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9341113">9341113 </a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pressherald.com">pressherald<wbr />.com</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7232009#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.4em; border-top: 1px solid #aaa"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Media_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Media of the United States">Media of the United States</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_States" title="List of newspapers in the United States">List of newspapers</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portland_Press_Herald_building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Portland_Press_Herald_building.jpg/200px-Portland_Press_Herald_building.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Portland_Press_Herald_building.jpg/300px-Portland_Press_Herald_building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Portland_Press_Herald_building.jpg/400px-Portland_Press_Herald_building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2916" data-file-height="1808" /></a><figcaption>The Portland Press Herald is produced, printed and distributed from the company’s headquarters in South Portland, Maine, with news bureaus in downtown Portland and at the State House in Augusta.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <i><b>Portland Press Herald</b></i> (abbreviated as <i><b>PPH</b></i>; <a href="/wiki/Sunday_edition" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunday edition">Sunday edition</a> <i><b>Maine Sunday Telegram</b></i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Daily_newspaper" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily newspaper">daily newspaper</a> based in <a href="/wiki/South_Portland,_Maine" title="South Portland, Maine">South Portland, Maine</a>, with a statewide readership. The <i>Press Herald</i> mainly serves southern <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a> and is focused on <a href="/wiki/Portland_metropolitan_area,_Maine" title="Portland metropolitan area, Maine">the greater metropolitan area</a> of <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">Portland</a>. </p><p>Founded in 1862, its roots extend to Maine’s earliest newspapers, the <i>Falmouth Gazette & Weekly Advertiser</i>, started in 1785, and the <i><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Argus" title="Eastern Argus">Eastern Argus</a></i>, first published in Portland in 1803.<sup id="cite_ref-Bouchard_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bouchard-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For most of the 20th century, it was the cornerstone of <a href="/wiki/Guy_Gannett_Communications" title="Guy Gannett Communications">Guy Gannett Communications</a>, before being sold to <a href="/wiki/The_Seattle_Times_Company" title="The Seattle Times Company">The Seattle Times Company</a> in 1998. </p><p>Since 2023, it has been a part of the <a href="/wiki/Maine_Trust_for_Local_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Maine Trust for Local News">Maine Trust for Local News</a>, a nonprofit group run by the National Trust for Local News that includes four other daily newspapers and 17 weekly newspapers.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portland_Press_Herald&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/MaineToday_Media#History" title="MaineToday Media">MaineToday Media § History</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_century_origins">19th century origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portland_Press_Herald&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 19th century origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Portland Daily Press</i> was founded in June 1862 by J. T. Gilman, Joseph B. Hall, and Newell A. Foster as a new <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> paper.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its first issue, published on June 23, 1862, announced strong support for <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> and condemned <a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States" title="Slavery in the United States">slavery</a> as "the foulest blot upon our national character."<sup id="cite_ref-Bouchard_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bouchard-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its offices, along with the offices of all the newspapers in the city, were destroyed on July 4, 1866, in Portland's <a href="/wiki/1866_great_fire_of_Portland,_Maine" title="1866 great fire of Portland, Maine">Great Fire</a>. On the morning of July 6, the <i>Portland Daily Press</i> published a double-sided handbill about the fire.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The paper quickly gained the largest circulation in Portland, and was one of five daily newspapers in the city to survive to the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Bouchard_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bouchard-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1904, the paper was bought by a syndicate of Maine Republicans, including <a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Cleaves" title="Henry B. Cleaves">Henry B. Cleaves</a> and gubernatorial candidate <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Homan_Manley" title="Joseph Homan Manley">Joseph Homan Manley</a>, who the paper had previously opposed.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guy_Gannett_ownership">Guy Gannett ownership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portland_Press_Herald&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Guy Gannett ownership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1921, the <i>Portland Daily Press</i> was merged with the <i>Portland Herald</i> to form the <i>Portland Press Herald</i> in a sale of the <i>Press</i> from then U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Hale_(US_senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick Hale (US senator)">Frederick Hale</a> to <a href="/wiki/Guy_P._Gannett" class="mw-redirect" title="Guy P. Gannett">Guy P. Gannett</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who had bought the <i>Herald</i> earlier the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-Bouchard_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bouchard-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first edition of the <i>Portland Press Herald</i> was published in November 21, 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-Bouchard_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bouchard-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Press Herald</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s circulation skyrocketed in the first year of Gannett's ownership, when the paper sold for two cents; circulation went from a little over 18,000 to nearly 29,000.<sup id="cite_ref-Bouchard_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bouchard-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under Gannett's ownership, the traditionally pro-Republican newspaper adopted a balanced editorial approach; during the <a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_gubernatorial_elections" title="1922 United States gubernatorial elections">1922 gubernatorial campaign</a>, the newspaper published Democratic candidate <a href="/wiki/William_Robinson_Pattangall" title="William Robinson Pattangall">William Robinson Pattangall</a>'s criticism of the Republican incumbent, Governor <a href="/wiki/Percival_Baxter" class="mw-redirect" title="Percival Baxter">Percival Baxter</a>. In a letter to readers, Gannett wrote, "The American people think for themselves. They want and should be given the news and all the news fully and uncolored by any personal or political consideration."<sup id="cite_ref-Bouchard_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bouchard-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1920s, Gannett's media empire in Maine grew: he purchased the <i>Portland Evening Express and Daily Advertiser</i> in 1925 (whose name he shortened to <i>Evening Express</i>) and by 1929 also bought <a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Maine" title="Augusta, Maine">Augusta</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Kennebec_Journal" title="Kennebec Journal">Kennebec Journal</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Waterville,_Maine" title="Waterville, Maine">Waterville</a>'s <i>Central Maine Morning Sentinel</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bouchard_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bouchard-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1923, Gannett built a <a href="/wiki/Press_Herald_Building" title="Press Herald Building">new building</a> to house all of the paper's operations on 390 <a href="/wiki/Congress_Street_(Portland,_Maine)" title="Congress Street (Portland, Maine)">Congress Street</a> across from <a href="/wiki/Portland_City_Hall_(Maine)" title="Portland City Hall (Maine)">Portland City Hall</a>. </p><p>In 1928 the <i>Portland Press Herald</i> merged with the <i><a href="/wiki/Portland_Sunday_Telegram" title="Portland Sunday Telegram">Portland Sunday Telegram</a></i> to form the <i>Portland Sunday Telegram and Sunday Press Herald </i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blethen_Maine_Newspapers">Blethen Maine Newspapers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portland_Press_Herald&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Blethen Maine Newspapers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1998, the family trust that ran what was by now Guy Gannett Communications decided to break up its media interests. Ultimately, it decided to sell the <i>Press Herald</i> to <a href="/wiki/The_Seattle_Times_Company" title="The Seattle Times Company">The Seattle Times Company</a>. Gannett officials cited shared values; the Times Company was also a family-owned business, and its owners, the Blethen family, had roots in Maine.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Press Herald</i> and its sister publications were reorganized as Blethen Maine Newspapers, an independent division of The Seattle Times Company.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A paid advertisement in the newspaper's February 3, 2007, "religion and values" section, placed by the First Baptist Church of <a href="/wiki/South_Portland,_Maine" title="South Portland, Maine">South Portland</a>, listed the sermon as "The Only Way to Destroy the Jewish Race"; this caused outrage in Greater Portland's Jewish community,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and led to an apology by the minister of that church.<sup id="cite_ref-wjc_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wjc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two weeks later, an ad for <a href="/wiki/PeoplesChoice_Credit_Union" title="PeoplesChoice Credit Union">PeoplesChoice Credit Union</a> ran, depicting a "Fee Bandit" character that used <a href="/wiki/Stock_photography" title="Stock photography">stock photography</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Hasidic_Judaism" title="Hasidic Judaism">Hasidic Jew</a> to represent the character rather than the <a href="/wiki/American_frontier" title="American frontier">Old West</a> banker intended for the visual representation.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This incident prompted investigations by the <a href="/wiki/Anti-Defamation_League" title="Anti-Defamation League">Anti-Defamation League</a>; Steven Wessler, director of the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence and the person in charge of dealing with hate crimes in the state; and the Jewish Community Alliance. The newspaper's management, as well as the credit union, later apologized for the advertisements; the newspaper said it would scrutinize ad content better in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-wjc_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wjc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 17, 2008, the <i>Press Herald</i> converted from its traditional multi-section format to two sections. A brief editorial highlighted advertising concerns and said the other sections could be found online. The next day, the Blethens announced that they were putting the <i>Press Herald</i> and its other Maine newspaper properties up for sale.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Portland Press Herald</i> also had three rounds of job cuts in 2008; in the third round of cuts, the newspapers' owner eliminated 36 jobs and closed the news bureaus in <a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Maine" title="Augusta, Maine">Augusta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biddeford,_Maine" title="Biddeford, Maine">Biddeford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bath,_Maine" title="Bath, Maine">Bath</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, in response to declining newspaper ad revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-EP2008_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EP2008-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Richard_Connor_ownership">Richard Connor ownership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portland_Press_Herald&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Richard Connor ownership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After more than a year on the market, on June 15, 2009, the papers were sold to <a href="/wiki/MaineToday_Media" title="MaineToday Media">MaineToday Media</a>, Inc., headed by Richard L. Connor, publisher of <i><a href="/wiki/Times_Leader" title="Times Leader">Times Leader</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania">Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania</a>, with financing from <a href="/wiki/HM_Capital_Partners" title="HM Capital Partners">HM Capital Partners</a> and <a href="/wiki/Citizens_Financial_Group" title="Citizens Financial Group">Citizens Bank</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MaineToday also owned a variety of Maine press properties, including the <i>Kennebec Journal</i>, <i>Morning Sentinel</i>, and <a href="/wiki/Bath,_Maine" title="Bath, Maine">Bath</a>'s <i>Coastal Journal</i>, as well as mainetoday.com.<sup id="cite_ref-2012Invests_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012Invests-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although MaineToday originally announced a plan to move the paper's offices out of downtown into the South Portland printing plant,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was later reported that the company's headquarters would move to One City Center in downtown Portland.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the sale, Portland Newspaper Guild members took a 10% pay cut in exchange for 15% ownership in MaineToday Media. More than 30 non-union jobs were eliminated.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Connor's short tenure was characterized by controversy and a rapid decline in the newspaper's financial condition. On September 11, 2010, the <i>Press Herald</i> reported on local Ramadan celebrations with a front-page story. Later that day, Connor insisted on apologizing to readers for his editors' decision to run that story.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Many saw Saturday's front-page story and photo regarding the local observance of the end of Ramadan as offensive, particularly on the day, September 11, when our nation and the world were paying tribute to those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks nine years ago," wrote Connor. </p><p>Connor's apology attracted nationwide scorn. In Time Magazine, critic James Poniewozik called Connor's behavior "craven" and "depressing for the state of journalism."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an appearance on NPR's On The Media, Connor admitted that "some of the people who complained about the lack of 9/11 coverage were really couching anti-Muslim and anti-Islamic attitudes," but refused to retract his apology, and he eventually hung up on host Bob Garfield before the segment was over.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Connor demonstrated a similar lack of ability in managing the business side of the newspaper. In 2011, he eliminated 61 positions, many of which were in the newsroom, and in November of that year, a paper supplier sued the newspaper for $124,000 in unpaid bills.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Connor finally left the newspaper at the end of 2011 under strong pressure from the board of directors and a restructuring firm that had taken over day-to-day management.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="S._Donald_Sussman/Maine_Values_LLC_ownership"><span id="S._Donald_Sussman.2FMaine_Values_LLC_ownership"></span>S. Donald Sussman/Maine Values LLC ownership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portland_Press_Herald&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: S. Donald Sussman/Maine Values LLC ownership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Maine Values LLC, a company owned by wealthy businessman and philanthropist <a href="/wiki/Donald_Sussman" title="Donald Sussman">S. Donald Sussman</a>, made a $3–4 million investment in MaineToday Media in February 2012, acquiring a 5% equity stake in the company and a seat on its board.<sup id="cite_ref-2012Invests_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012Invests-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next month, Maine Values boosted its ownership stake in MaineToday to 75%.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sussman, who lived in <a href="/wiki/North_Haven,_Maine" title="North Haven, Maine">North Haven, Maine</a>, therefore held a majority stake in the newspapers.<sup id="cite_ref-Bouchard_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bouchard-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. paid MaineToday Media over $500,000 under the company’s employee theft insurance policy to recoup money that former publisher Richard P. Connor had allegedly stolen from the company for unauthorized personal use. Forensic audits by MaineToday and its insurers had revealed that Connor had given himself unauthorized salary increases and used company funds to pay for personal expenses, including credit card bills, dental work, an SUV, vacation home rentals, and numerous other personal expenses.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reade_Brower_ownership">Reade Brower ownership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portland_Press_Herald&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Reade Brower ownership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, MaineToday Media was sold to <a href="/wiki/Reade_Brower" title="Reade Brower">Reade Brower</a>, owner of a number of midcoast Maine newspapers and a printing operation in <a href="/wiki/Brunswick,_Maine" title="Brunswick, Maine">Brunswick, Maine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over a decade, Brower has consolidated six of Maine's seven daily newspapers, as well as 21 weekly newspapers, under his ownership.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Trust_for_Local_News">National Trust for Local News</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portland_Press_Herald&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: National Trust for Local News"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2023, it was announced that a national nonprofit, the <a href="/wiki/National_Trust_for_Local_News" class="mw-redirect" title="National Trust for Local News">National Trust for Local News</a>, would buy the <i>Press Herald</i> from Brower. The <i>Press Herald</i>, along with 4 daily and 17 weekly Maine papers owned by Brower, is part of the new Maine Trust for Local News.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Journalists">Journalists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portland_Press_Herald&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Journalists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Notable alumni of the paper include <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Haskell_(journalist)" title="Thomas Haskell (journalist)">Thomas Haskell</a>, known as Cap'n Haskell, who covered marine news for the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Argus" title="Eastern Argus">Eastern Argus</a> newspaper from 1857 to 1920 until it merged with the <i>Portland Press</i> and stayed with the paper until three months prior to his death in 1928;<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/May_Craig_(journalist)" title="May Craig (journalist)">May Craig</a>, who was Washington correspondent from 1935 to 1965;<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sportswriter <a href="/wiki/Steve_Buckley_(journalist)" title="Steve Buckley (journalist)">Steve Buckley</a>, who later joined the <i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Herald" title="Boston Herald">Boston Herald</a></i>;<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sportswriter <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Crasnick" title="Jerry Crasnick">Jerry Crasnick</a>, who later worked for <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> and is now senior advisor to the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Players_Association" title="Major League Baseball Players Association">Major League Baseball Players Association</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Marjorie_Standish&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marjorie Standish (page does not exist)">Marjorie Standish</a>, who wrote a food column for the <i>Maine Sunday Telegram</i> for 25 years.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Current notable journalists include investigative journalist and book author <a href="/wiki/Colin_Woodard" title="Colin Woodard">Colin Woodard</a>, who was named Maine Journalist of the Year in 2015;<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> vegan food columnist <a href="/wiki/Avery_Yale_Kamila" title="Avery Yale Kamila">Avery Yale Kamila</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and opinion columnist Bill Nemitz.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portland_Press_Herald&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, the paper received a <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Lifestyle_Journalism_Awards" title="Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards">Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Award</a> for General Excellence, Class III.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, <i>Maine Sunday Telegram</i> reporter <a href="/wiki/Colin_Woodard" title="Colin Woodard">Colin Woodard</a> received a <a href="/wiki/George_Polk_Awards" title="George Polk Awards">George Polk Award</a> in the "Education Reporting" category "for detailing how online education companies steered development of Maine’s digital education policies."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, <a href="/wiki/Colin_Woodard" title="Colin Woodard">Colin Woodard</a> of the <i>Portland Press Herald</i> was a finalist for the <a href="/wiki/2016_Pulitzer_Prize" title="2016 Pulitzer Prize">2016 Pulitzer Prize</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Explanatory_Reporting" title="Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting">Explanatory Reporting</a> for his "compelling account of <a href="/wiki/Effects_of_global_warming_on_oceans" class="mw-redirect" title="Effects of global warming on oceans">dramatic ecological changes occurring in the warming ocean region</a> from <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> to <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod" title="Cape Cod">Cape Cod</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, the <i>Portland Press Herald</i> reporters Whit Richardson and Steve Mistler received a <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Loeb_Award" title="Gerald Loeb Award">Gerald Loeb Award</a> for their 2015 series "Payday at the Mill" in the "Local" category.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The series detailed a lack of accountability in the Maine New Markets Capital Investment program, a state tax-incentive program.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Editorial_stance">Editorial stance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portland_Press_Herald&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Editorial stance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The newspaper's predecessor, the <i>Portland Daily Press</i>, was formed as a pro-Republican newspaper in an era when most American newspapers had strong political allegiances.<sup id="cite_ref-Bouchard_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bouchard-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1920s, under <a href="/wiki/Guy_P._Gannett" class="mw-redirect" title="Guy P. Gannett">Guy P. Gannett</a>'s leadership, the newspaper adopted a more balanced editorial approach, and today the news and opinion sections of the paper are separate.<sup id="cite_ref-Bouchard_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bouchard-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1929 and 1930, the <i>Portland Press Herald</i> and the <i>Portland Evening News</i> "waged an editorial war" about the <a href="/wiki/Kellogg%E2%80%93Briand_Pact" title="Kellogg–Briand Pact">Kellogg–Briand Pact</a> and the <a href="/wiki/London_Naval_Treaty" title="London Naval Treaty">1930 London Conference on naval arms limitations</a>: the <i>Evening News</i> took a pacifist view, arguing in favor of the Pact; the <i>Press Herald</i> took the opposite view, calling the Pact "a delusion and a dream."<sup id="cite_ref-Jenner_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jenner-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This dispute illustrated a political chasm within the <a href="/wiki/Maine_Republican_Party" title="Maine Republican Party">Maine Republican Party</a> at the time between "Old Guard regulars" and pacifists.<sup id="cite_ref-Jenner_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jenner-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later in the 20th century, the <i>Press Herald</i> was regarded as having a more liberal and pro-Democratic editorial stance than the <i><a href="/wiki/Bangor_Daily_News" title="Bangor Daily News">Bangor Daily News</a></i>, which leaned toward conservatism and Republicans.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over its history, however, the <i>Press Herald</i> "has covered and endorsed candidates of various political persuasions, including independents <a href="/wiki/Angus_King" title="Angus King">Angus King</a>, who was elected governor in <a href="/wiki/1994_Maine_gubernatorial_election" title="1994 Maine gubernatorial election">1994</a> and <a href="/wiki/1998_Maine_gubernatorial_election" title="1998 Maine gubernatorial election">1998</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eliot_Cutler" title="Eliot Cutler">Eliot Cutler</a>, who came in second in the <a href="/wiki/2010_Maine_gubernatorial_election" title="2010 Maine gubernatorial election">2010 gubernatorial campaign</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-Bouchard_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bouchard-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Press Herald</i> endorsed conservative Republican candidates (<a href="/wiki/Dean_Scontras" class="mw-redirect" title="Dean Scontras">Dean Scontras</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jason_Levesque" title="Jason Levesque">Jason Levesque</a>) in both of Maine's congressional districts in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were defeated by the Democratic incumbents, <a href="/wiki/Chellie_Pingree" title="Chellie Pingree">Chellie Pingree</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Michaud" title="Mike Michaud">Mike Michaud</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016 presidential election</a>, the paper's editorial board endorsed Democratic candidate <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The paper endorsed an override of Governor <a href="/wiki/Paul_LePage" title="Paul LePage">Paul LePage</a>'s veto of L.D. 1504, a pro-solar energy bill.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Online">Online</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portland_Press_Herald&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Online"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Content from the <i>Portland Press Herald</i> appears on its website pressherald.com. The <i>Portland Press Herald</i> acquired the <a href="/wiki/Domain_name" title="Domain name">domain name</a> Portland.com in 1996 for free, using it as the Web address for the papers; Portland.com was sold to a marketing firm and became a visitor's guide for the city of <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>, in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Press_Herald_Building">Press Herald Building</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portland_Press_Herald&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Press Herald Building"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1923, Guy Gannett built the <a href="/wiki/Press_Herald_Building" title="Press Herald Building">Press Herald Building</a> to house all of the paper's operations at 390 Congress Street across from <a href="/wiki/Portland_City_Hall_(Maine)" title="Portland City Hall (Maine)">Portland City Hall</a>. An addition was added to the north side of the building facing Congress Street in 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, under Richard Connor's ownership, the newspaper sold the building and printing plant (attached by a tunnel running under Congress Street) and moved its news staff to the nearby <a href="/wiki/One_City_Center_(Maine)" title="One City Center (Maine)">One City Center</a> office building.<sup id="cite_ref-VacatesLongtimeHome_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VacatesLongtimeHome-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, the 110-room Press Hotel opened in the newspaper's former headquarters.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was developed by Jim Brady and sold to a San Francisco-based real estate private equity firm in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1988, the newspaper opened a $40 million print plant at 295 Gannet Drive in South Portland. In 2016, J.B. Brown & Co. purchased the print plant and its surrounding 21 acres in an office park for a reported $4.9 million. J.B. Brown & Co. then leased the building back to the newspaper.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newspaper's newsroom, printing press and distribution functions are located in South Portland.<sup id="cite_ref-VacatesLongtimeHome_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VacatesLongtimeHome-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Portland_Press_Herald&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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Potholm, <i>This Splendid Game: Maine Campaigns and Elections, 1940-2002</i> (Lexington Books: 2004), p. 9.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pressherald.com/life/insight/dean-scontras-can-bring-new-vision-to-congress_2010-10-24.html">"Our Endorsements for Congress"</a>. <i>Portland Press Herald</i>, October 24, 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pressherald.com/life/insight/dean-scontras-can-bring-new-vision-to-congress_2010-10-24.html">"Our Endorsements for Congress</a>. <i>Portland Press Herald</i>, October 24, 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEditorial_Board2016" class="citation web cs1">Editorial Board (September 25, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pressherald.com/2016/09/25/our-view-hillary-clinton-is-our-choice-for-president/">"Our View: Hillary Clinton is our choice for president"</a>. <i>Portland Press Herald</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Portland+Press+Herald&rft.atitle=Our+View%3A+Hillary+Clinton+is+our+choice+for+president&rft.date=2016-09-25&rft.au=Editorial+Board&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressherald.com%2F2016%2F09%2F25%2Four-view-hillary-clinton-is-our-choice-for-president%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APortland+Press+Herald" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEditorial_Board2017" class="citation web cs1">Editorial Board (August 1, 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pressherald.com/2017/08/01/our-view-solar-proposal-remains-the-best-path-forward-for-maine/">"Our View: Solar proposal remains the best path forward for Maine"</a>. <i>Portland Press Herald</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Portland+Press+Herald&rft.atitle=Our+View%3A+Solar+proposal+remains+the+best+path+forward+for+Maine&rft.date=2017-08-01&rft.au=Editorial+Board&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressherald.com%2F2017%2F08%2F01%2Four-view-solar-proposal-remains-the-best-path-forward-for-maine%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APortland+Press+Herald" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2004/05/17/daily36.html">"Portland.com shifts to Oregon"</a>. <i>www.bizjournals.com</i>. 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