''The Maine Edge'' is an 18,000+ circulation free weekly lifestyle/cultural arts publication distributed by Edge Media Group in
Bangor, Maine.
History and format
''The Edge'', as it's commonly called by readers, was created in part due to the loss of readership among young people in the Bangor area, a problem afflicting many major newspapers across the country. Similar to publications including
RedEye in Chicago and
Quick (newspaper)
''Quick'' is a defunct Dallas- Fort Worth area free weekly newspaper published from 2003 to 2011. As the name implies, it was delivered in a quick-to-read format: a tabloid ranging in page count from 20 to 40. It was available free each week on T ...
in Dallas, the publishers began The Edge in an effort to pull readers back into readership and serve a niche not being serviced by other media in the area.
''The Edge'' appeared in December 2006 after the daily newspaper in Bangor, the ''
Bangor Daily News
The ''Bangor Daily News'' is an American newspaper covering a large portion of central and eastern Maine, published six days per week in Bangor, Maine.
The ''Bangor Daily News'' was founded on June 18, 1889; it merged with the ''Bangor Whig and ...
'', suffered a series of cutbacks in personnel.
[
] Citing declining advertising revenue, the BDN, as it's referred to locally, cut a series of positions in the editorial department and closed several bureaus.
As compared with mainstream newspapers, ''The Edge'' strongly emphasizes pop culture and entertainment news; humorous or lighthearted rather than serious columns, and flashy graphics and large pictures. It is a tabloid-format newspaper, oriented vertically rather than horizontally and with a front page consisting only of a large picture and several headlines.
''The Edge'' publishes each Wednesday, and is a member of The Associated Press and the New England Press Association.
See also
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WLBZ
WLBZ (channel 2) is a television station in Bangor, Maine, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Tegna Inc. The station's studios are located on Mount Hope Avenue in Bangor, and its transmitter is located on Rider Bluff in Holden.
Al ...
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Journalism
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Mass media
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Broadcast media transmit informati ...
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Newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as p ...
Notes and references
External links
The Maine Edge Online
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Culture of Bangor, Maine
Newspapers published in Maine
Mass media in Bangor, Maine
Companies based in Bangor, Maine