Meet the Media Mogul of Maine

Posted Monday, November 27, 2017 2:00 pm

Murray Carpenter | New York Times

Reade Bower cuts an unassuming figure for a media mogul.

On a drizzly October day here, he could be found tucking into a grilled cheese sandwich with bacon at the Home Kitchen Cafe, clad in a Hawaiian shirt, shorts and a Red Sox cap.

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