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) 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.[1][2][3]The Edge appeared in December 2006 after the daily newspaper in Bangor, the Bangor Daily News, suffered a series of cutbacks in personnel.[4] 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.
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External links
The Maine Edge Online
January 20, 2023
maine, edge, circulation, free, weekly, lifestyle, cultural, arts, publication, distributed, edge, media, group, bangor, maine, typeweekly, newspaperformattabloidowner, edge, media, grouppublishermichael, ferneditorallen, adamsfounded2006languageenglishheadqua. The Maine Edge is an 18 000 circulation free weekly lifestyle cultural arts publication distributed by Edge Media Group in Bangor Maine The Maine EdgeTypeWeekly newspaperFormatTabloidOwner s Edge Media GroupPublisherMichael FernEditorAllen AdamsFounded2006LanguageEnglishHeadquartersBangor Maine U S Circulation18 250Websitewww themaineedge com Contents 1 History and format 2 See also 3 Notes and references 4 External linksHistory and format EditThe 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 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 1 2 3 The Edge appeared in December 2006 after the daily newspaper in Bangor the Bangor Daily News suffered a series of cutbacks in personnel 4 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 EditWLBZ Journalism Mass media NewspaperNotes and references Edit SPECIAL REPORT Who Said Print Is Dead Weeklies Duke It Out Everywhere Editor amp Publisher Retrieved 2007 10 15 permanent dead link Growth of Free Dailies Spike Since 2000 Editor amp Publisher Archived from the original on 2007 10 02 Retrieved 2007 10 15 Are Free Magazines the Future of Publications Folio Magazine Archived from the original on 2013 01 23 Retrieved 2009 09 10 Bangor Journalists Like View From The Edge WCSH6 Retrieved 2007 10 15 dead link External links EditThe Maine Edge Online Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Maine Edge amp oldid 1099008127, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
