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MaineToday
MaineToday Media is a privately owned publisher of daily and weekly newspapers in the U.S. state of Maine, based in the state's largest city, Portland. It includes the ''Portland Press Herald'' and ''Maine Sunday Telegram'', the state's largest newspaper. Properties MaineToday's daily newspapers include the ''Portland Press Herald'' and ''Maine Sunday Telegram'' in Portland, the ''Kennebec Journal'' in Augusta and the '' Morning Sentinel'' in Waterville. The company also owns ''The Coastal Journal'', a weekly newspaper in Bath. It previously published ''The Community Leader'', a weekly in Falmouth, and ''The Maine Switch'', a lifestyle and entertainment magazine in Portland. MaineToday also owns local Maine websites dedicated to classified advertising, entertainment listings, parenting and travel, as well as a Yellow Pages site and a digital marketing service. Gannett and Blethen MaineToday's newspaper properties were, for most of the 20th century, the core of Guy Gan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Portland Press Herald
The ''Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram'' is a morning daily newspaper with a website that serves southern Maine and is focused on the greater metropolitan area around Portland, Maine, in the United States. Founded in 1862, its roots extend to Maine’s earliest newspapers, the ''Falmouth Gazette & Weekly Advertiser'', started in 1785, and the ''Eastern Argus'', first published in Portland in 1803. For most of the 20th century, it was the cornerstone of Guy Gannett Communications, before being sold to The Seattle Times Company in 1998. Today, it is the flagship of MaineToday Media publications, headquartered in South Portland, and is part of the state’s largest news-gathering organization, including the newspapers of the Lewiston-based Sun Media Group. History 19th century origins ''The Portland Daily Press'' was founded in June 1862 by J. T. Gilman, Joseph B. Hall, and Newell A. Foster as a new Republican paper. Its first issue, published June 23, 1862, annou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland Press Herald
The ''Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram'' is a morning daily newspaper with a website that serves southern Maine and is focused on the greater metropolitan area around Portland, Maine, in the United States. Founded in 1862, its roots extend to Maine’s earliest newspapers, the ''Falmouth Gazette & Weekly Advertiser'', started in 1785, and the ''Eastern Argus'', first published in Portland in 1803. For most of the 20th century, it was the cornerstone of Guy Gannett Communications, before being sold to The Seattle Times Company in 1998. Today, it is the flagship of MaineToday Media publications, headquartered in South Portland, and is part of the state’s largest news-gathering organization, including the newspapers of the Lewiston-based Sun Media Group. History 19th century origins ''The Portland Daily Press'' was founded in June 1862 by J. T. Gilman, Joseph B. Hall, and Newell A. Foster as a new Republican paper. Its first issue, published June 23, 1862, annou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennebec Journal
The ''Kennebec Journal'' is a six-day morning daily newspaper published in Augusta, Maine. It is owned by MaineToday Media, which also publishes the state's largest newspaper, the ''Portland Press Herald''. The newspaper covers Augusta and the surrounding capital area and southern Kennebec County. Known colloquially as the "KJ". History ''The Kennebec Journal'' began publishing as a weekly newspaper in 1825, five years after Maine had become a state."The Old South". ''The Washington Post''. August 4, 1906. p. 6. James G. Blaine bought half of the newspaper in 1854 and became its editor. Blaine later served as United States Senator from Maine from 1876 to 1881, United States Secretary of State in 1881 and from 1889 to 1892. He was also the Republican Party's nominee for president during the 1884 election. In November 1922, Charles F. Flint, general manager of ''The Kennebec Journal'', and his three sons, Roy, Charles, and Leigh, purchased stock control of the newspaper. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morning Sentinel
The ''Morning Sentinel'' is an American daily newspaper published six mornings a week in Waterville, Maine. It is owned by MaineToday Media. The newspaper covers cities and towns in parts of Franklin, Kennebec, Penobscot and Somerset counties. The paper is printed at the ''Portland Press Herald'' press in South Portland, Maine. History Founded in 1904 by officials of the Waterville Democratic Party—Waterville mayor Cyrus Davis; future U.S. Senator Charles Fletcher Johnson; and future mayor L. Eugene Thayer, leavened by newspaper veteran Thomas F. Murphy—the ''Waterville Morning Sentinel'', within a year, grew from a three-desk operation to requiring its own building, on Silver Street.CentralMaine.com: About , accessed May 27, 2007. In 1911, a financially ailing Davis sold the paper to bond holders; ten years later, it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Gannett Communications
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. History William Howard Gannett, of Augusta, Maine, first published ''Comfort'' magazine in 1888—an eight-page advertisement for a patent medicine—but it was his son, Guy Patterson Gannett, who headed the push into daily journalism. After a stint helping with the magazine after leaving Yale University in 1901, the junior Gannett went into local politics. By 1920, he was a prominent citizen in Augusta, Maine. Two daily newspaper owners representing the ''Portland Herald'' and the ''Portland Daily Press'' approached him and asked him to buy them out. Gannett invested in both companies.Wickenheiser, Matt"A Rich Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland, Maine
Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. The Greater Portland metropolitan area is home to over half a million people, the 104th-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Portland's economy relies mostly on the service sector and tourism. The Old Port is known for its nightlife and 19th-century architecture. Marine industry plays an important role in the city's economy, with an active waterfront that supports fishing and commercial shipping. The Port of Portland is the second-largest tonnage seaport in New England. The city seal depicts a phoenix rising from ashes, a reference to recovery from four devastating fires. Portland was named after the English Isle of Portland, Dorset. In turn, the city of Portland, Oregon was named after Portland, Maine. The word ''Portland'' is derived from the Old English word ''Portlanda'', which means "land surrounding a harbor". The Greater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seattle Times Company
The Seattle Times Company is a privately owned publisher of daily and weekly newspapers in the U.S. state of Washington. Founded in Seattle, Washington in 1896, the company is now in its fourth and fifth generations of ownership by the Blethen family. Properties In its headquarters city of Seattle, the company owns Washington's largest-circulation daily newspaper, ''The Seattle Times''. Elsewhere in Washington, the company owns the ''Yakima Herald-Republic'' and ''Walla Walla Union-Bulletin''. Maine-native schoolteacher and attorney Alden J. Blethen bought the ''Seattle Press-Times'' in 1896, renaming it the ''Seattle Daily Times'' and doubling its circulation to 7,000 six months later. When he died in 1915, the ''Times''' circulation was 70,000. The two smaller dailies were added much later. The ''Walla Walla Union-Bulletin'' was purchased from the Kelly family in 1971, while the ''Yakima Herald-Republic'' was bought in 1991. Issaquah Press Inc. The Seattle Times Company a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alden J
Alden may refer to: Places United States * Alden, California, a former settlement *Alden, Colorado *Alden, Illinois *Alden, Iowa *Alden, Kansas *Alden, Michigan *Alden, Minnesota *Alden, Oklahoma *Alden, Pennsylvania *Alden, New York **Alden (village), New York *Alden, Wisconsin *Alden, Virginia *Alden Township, McHenry County, Illinois *Alden Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota *Alden Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota *Alden Township, Hettinger County, North Dakota *Alden Township, Hand County, South Dakota Elsewhere *Alden (crater), on the moon *Alden, Norway, a small island in Sogn og Fjordane county *2941 Alden, an asteroid *Alden Valley, Lancashire, England Other uses *Alden (name) *Alden House (other), various houses on the National Register of Historic Places *Alden Research Laboratory, a hydraulic laboratory in Massachusetts *Alden Rowing *Alden Shoe Company, a men's shoemaker in Middleborough, Massachusetts *''Alden v. Maine'', a 1999 US Supreme Court case ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knox County, Maine
Knox County is a county located in the state of Maine, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,607. Its county seat is Rockland. The county is named for American Revolutionary War general and Secretary of War Henry Knox, who lived in the county from 1795 until his death in 1806. The county was established on April 1, 1860, and is the most recent county to be created in Maine. It was carved from parts of Waldo and Lincoln counties. The Union Fair, started in 1868, began as the efforts of the North Knox Agricultural and Horticultural Society. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (68%) is water. It is the second-smallest county in Maine by land area. It was originally part of the Waldo Patent. Adjacent counties * Lincoln County – west *Waldo County – north * Hancock County – northeast National protected areas * Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge * Seal Island National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldo County, Maine
Waldo County is a county in the state of Maine, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,607. Its county seat is Belfast. The county was founded on 7 February 1827 from a portion of Hancock County and named after Brigadier-General Samuel Waldo, proprietor of the Waldo Patent.History of Waldo County, Maine . From ''A Gazetteer of the State of Maine''. By George J. Varney. Published by B. B. Russell, 57 Cornhill, Boston 1886. Accessed 24 April 2019 via Ray's Place website. Geography According to the , the county has an area of , of which is land and (14%) is water. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times Leader
The ''Times Leader'' is a privately owned newspaper in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Founding Founded in 1879, it was locally owned until being purchased by Capital Cities in 1978. Early history On November 27, 1907, the ''Wilkes-Barre Times'' printed a notice that it and the ''Wilkes-Barre Leader'', both afternoon dailies, would merge, creating The ''Times Leader'' with the first newspaper to be dated Monday December 2, 1907. The ''Times Leader'', in the heart of coal country, was subject to a very bitter strike that began October 6, 1978. Over 200 union employees walked off the job in defiance of what they viewed as union busting tactics by the ''Times Leaders new corporate owner, Capital Cities. The four striking newspaper unions began to publish the ''Citizens' Voice'' as a strike paper. Eventually the four unions were decertified. The ''Voice'' continued publication. This in turn prompted competition and created the unusual environment where Wilkes-Barre, with its popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citizens Financial Group
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is an American bank headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, which operates in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington, DC. Between 1988 and its 2014 initial public offering, Citizens was a wholly owned subsidiary of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group. The group sold its last 20.9% stake in the company in October 2015. Citizens operates 1,003 branches and 4 wealth centers as of June 22, 2022 and over 3,100 ATMs across 11 states under the Citizens Bank brand. Citizens ranks 17th on the List of largest banks in the United States as of the last day of Q1 2022. History Early history Citizens was established in 1828 as the High Street Bank in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1871, the Rhode Island legislature gave a second charter to establish the Citizens Savings Bank which eventually acquired its parent group to form Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
