The nonprofit National Trust for Local News is set to purchase a string of daily and weekly newspapers in Maine, including the Portland Press Herald, officials confirmed on July 10.
The deal is set to be finalized in late July, and will also include all of the other assets of Masthead Maine, which also owns the Sun Journal in Lewiston, the Kennebec Journal in Augusta, the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, the Times Record in Brunswick and other publications.
Overall, around 22 daily and weekly newspapers in Maine will be covered by the agreement, which is in collaboration with the Maine Journalism Foundation, Bangor Daily News reported….