Journal Tribune

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  • Journal Tribune
  • Journal Tribune Weekender
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s) Masthead Maine
FoundedJanuary 5, 1884
Ceased publication2019
Website www.journaltribune.com

The Journal Tribune (and its weekend edition, the Journal Tribune Weekender) was a daily newspaper published in Biddeford, Maine, United States, circulated throughout the greater York County, Maine region. Its first issue was on January 5, 1884, published as a four-page broadsheet. [1] [2]

Contents

Weekend editions

The Journal Tribune Weekend's first issue was on August 8, 1988. [lower-alpha 1] It covered Saturdays and Sundays until it was renamed the York County Weekend for its first edition in 2005. [lower-alpha 2] The weekend paper was later renamed back to the Journal Tribune Weekend in 2009, [lower-alpha 3] and two weeks covered Saturdays only, though returned to Saturday and Sunday coverage. [lower-alpha 4]

Journal Tribune Sunday's first issue was for Sunday, June 16, 2013. The Journal Tribune Weekend continued to be published on Saturdays, and continued to cover Sundays. [lower-alpha 5]

The Sunday edition's last issue was on October 28, 2018, after which it became online-only. The weekend edition's name changed following this, with the first November issue being published as the Journal Tribune Weekender. [lower-alpha 6] This sparked another period of Saturday-only coverage by the Weekender, though issues in December returned to full-weekend coverage. [lower-alpha 7] The name change represented the new, longer weekend edition intended to make up for the lost Sunday edition.

History

In January 2017, the newspaper announced they would no longer publish a print Monday edition, opting to enhance their online Monday edition instead. [3]

MaineToday Media

Reade Brower, owner of MaineToday Media, acquired the Journal Tribune as well as Brunswick's The Times Record on April 1, 2018 from Sample News Group, [4] which then acquired Brower's co-owned newspapers in Rutland and Barre–Montpelier, Vermont. [5]

Closure

In 2019, the Journal Tribune was closed. The last articles on their website were posted September 26, 2019, [6] and their last paper was published October 12. [7] At the time of their closure, they published an edition for Tuesday through Saturday. [8] Ed Pierce was the executive editor at the time of the paper's demise, [9] though he already had plans to retire. [10]

Notes

  1. ↑ The Saturday, July 30, 1988 issue was a normal issue of the Journal Tribune, and the Saturday, August 6 issue was published as the Journal Tribune Weekend.
  2. ↑ The Friday, December 31, 2004 – Sunday, January 2, 2005 issue was published as the Journal Tribune Weekend, and the Saturday, January 8 – Sunday January 9, 2005 issue was published as the York County Weekend.
  3. ↑ The Saturday, August 1 – Sunday, August 2, 2009 issue was published as the York County Weekend, though the Saturday, August 8 – Sunday, August 9 and Saturday, August 15 – Sunday, August 16 issues were published simply as the Journal Tribune. The Saturday, August 22 issue marked a return to the Journal Tribune Weekend name.
  4. ↑ The August 22 and August 29, 2009 issues were labeled for Saturday only, and the Saturday, September 5 – Sunday, September 6 issue was labeled for Saturday and Sunday.
  5. ↑ Sundays began to be covered twice; for example there existed both a Saturday, June 15 – Sunday, June 16, 2013 Journal Tribune Weekend and a Sunday, June 16 Journal Tribune Sunday issue.
  6. ↑ The Saturday, October 27 – Sunday, October 28, 2018 issue was published as the Journal Tribune Weekend, and the Saturday, November 3 issue was published as the Journal Tribune Weekender.
  7. ↑ The Saturday, November 24, 2018 issue covered only Saturday, but the following Saturday, December 1 – Sunday, December 2 issue covered both days.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Journal Tribune to cease publication after 135 years". newscentermaine.com . Associated Press. October 1, 2019. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  3. ↑ "Journal Tribune drops Monday print edition". Mainebiz. January 9, 2017. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  4. ↑ "Owner of Maine's biggest newspaper buys more publications". WMTW . Associated Press. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  5. ↑ Meyn, Colin (2018-03-22). "Herald and Times Argus sold to family-owned Sample News Group". VTDigger. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  6. ↑ "Journal Tribune" . Retrieved 2023-09-24– via PressHerald.com.
  7. ↑ Dineen, Hannah (October 2, 2019). "Journal Tribune newspaper folds after 135 years". newscentermaine.com . Retrieved 2023-09-24.
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  9. ↑ Solloway, Steve (2019-10-17). "Another death in the family". The Maine Monitor. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
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