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]
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Masthead Maine |
| Founded | January 5, 1884 |
| Ceased publication | 2019 |
| Website | www |
Weekend editions edit
The Journal Tribune Weekend's first issue was on August 8, 1988.[a] It covered Saturdays and Sundays until it was renamed the York County Weekend for its first edition in 2005.[b] The weekend paper was later renamed back to the Journal Tribune Weekend in 2009,[c] and two weeks covered Saturdays only, though returned to Saturday and Sunday coverage.[d]
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.[e]
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.[f] This sparked another period of Saturday-only coverage by the Weekender, though issues in December returned to full-weekend coverage.[g] The name change represented the new, longer weekend edition intended to make up for the lost Sunday edition.
History edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Saturday, November 24, 2018 issue covered only Saturday, but the following Saturday, December 1 – Sunday, December 2 issue covered both days.
References edit
- ^ "Maine newspaper to cease publication after 135 years". WMTW. Associated Press. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "Journal Tribune to cease publication after 135 years". newscentermaine.com. Associated Press. October 1, 2019. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ^ "Journal Tribune drops Monday print edition". Mainebiz. January 9, 2017. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ^ "Owner of Maine's biggest newspaper buys more publications". WMTW. Associated Press. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Meyn, Colin (2018-03-22). "Herald and Times Argus sold to family-owned Sample News Group". VTDigger. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ^ "Journal Tribune". Retrieved 2023-09-24 – via PressHerald.com.
- ^ Dineen, Hannah (October 2, 2019). "Journal Tribune newspaper folds after 135 years". newscentermaine.com. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ^ Anderson, J. Craig (2019-10-01). "Biddeford's daily Journal Tribune will soon end its run, after 135 years". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ^ Solloway, Steve (2019-10-17). "Another death in the family". The Maine Monitor. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ^ Ahmed, Mariam (2019-10-02). "Biddeford's daily Journal Tribune to cease publication after 135 years". Talking Biz News. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
Further reading edit
- "Journal Tribune in Biddeford drops Monday print edition". Portland Press Herald. January 9, 2017.
- Greenberg, Zoe (October 12, 2019). "In one Maine town, 'home paper' is gone after 135 years". The Boston Globe.
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