Despite National Trends, Maine’s Newspapers Remain Strong

By: Michael Cuzzi and Anthony Ronzio | The Bangor Daily News

The national narrative about newspapers is expressed in two words: they’re dying.

Over the past few years, newspaper circulations have declined, staffs have been cut back, budgets have tightened with the shrinking economy and the explosive growth of digital and social media, and some publications even closed their doors.

However, the national narrative is largely driven by the experiences of big, publicly traded newspaper chains, like Gannett or McClatchy, or the big institutions, like the New York Times or Washington Post. Neither represents the real story of newspapering in Maine.