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Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)

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Type
  
Daily newspaper

Owner(s)
  
Sun Media Group

Editor
  
Judy Meyer

Format
  
Broadsheet

Publisher
  
James R. Costello Sr.

Founded
  
1847

Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)

The Sun Journal is a newspaper published in Lewiston, Maine, US, and covers the west of Maine.

Contents

In addition to its main office in Lewiston, the paper maintains satellite news and sales bureaus in the Maine towns of Farmington, Norway and Rumford.

History

The Evening Journal, Lewiston's first newspaper, started publishing in 1861. The Daily Sun followed in 1896. In 1989, the two papers combined to form the Sun Journal.

Prices

The Sun Journal prices are: $1.00 daily, $2.25 Sunday.

Sister weeklies

On October 1, 2007, the Sun Journal purchased Kirkland Newspapers of Farmington, the publisher of four weekly newspapers:

  • The Franklin Journal of Farmington (4,500 twice-weekly circulation)
  • The Rangeley Highlander of Rangeley (2,300 biweekly)
  • The Penobscot Times of Old Town (3,300 weekly)
  • Livermore Falls Advertiser of Livermore Falls (2,300 weekly)

    • The Sun Journal also owns The Forecaster, a free regional paper.

    References

    Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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