{{Short description|Former newspaper of Biddeford, Maine, U.S.}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = {{ubl|Journal Tribune|Journal Tribune Weekender}} | type = Daily newspaper | format = | founded = January 5, 1884 | owners = Masthead Maine | ceased_publication = 2019 | oclc = 36967626 | website = {{URL|http://www.journaltribune.com/}} }} The '''''Journal Tribune''''' (and its weekend edition, the '''''Journal Tribune Weekender''''') was a daily newspaper published in Biddeford, Maine, United States, circulated throughout the greater York County, Maine region. Its first issue was on January 5, 1884, published as a four-page broadsheet.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=1 October 2019 |title=Maine newspaper to cease publication after 135 years |url=https://www.wmtw.com/article/maine-newspaper-to-cease-publication-after-135-years/29324907 |access-date=23 September 2023 |website=WMTW |language=en |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 1, 2019 |title=Journal Tribune to cease publication after 135 years |url=https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/biddeford-saco/journal-tribune-to-cease-publication-after-135-years/97-db4af8b5-78bb-45ea-9f60-08448578b132 |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=newscentermaine.com |language=en-US |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
== Weekend editions == The '''''Journal Tribune Weekend'''''<nowiki/>'s first issue was on August 8, 1988.{{Efn|The [https://www.newspapers.com/image/853329641/ Saturday, July 30, 1988 issue] was a normal issue of the ''Journal Tribune'', and the [https://www.newspapers.com/image/853294120/ Saturday, August 6 issue] was published as the ''Journal Tribune Weekend''.}} It covered Saturdays and Sundays until it was renamed the '''''York County Weekend''''' for its first edition in 2005.{{Efn|The [https://www.newspapers.com/image/863392868/ Friday, December 31, 2004 – Sunday, January 2, 2005 issue] was published as the ''Journal Tribune Weekend'', and the [https://www.newspapers.com/image/862923031/ Saturday, January 8 – Sunday January 9, 2005 issue] was published as the ''York County Weekend''.}} The weekend paper was later renamed back to the ''Journal Tribune Weekend'' in 2009,{{Efn|The [https://www.newspapers.com/image/853741418/ Saturday, August 1 – Sunday, August 2, 2009 issue] was published as the ''York County Weekend'', though the [https://www.newspapers.com/image/853745746/ Saturday, August 8 – Sunday, August 9] and [https://www.newspapers.com/image/853747434/ Saturday, August 15 – Sunday, August 16 issues] were published simply as the ''Journal Tribune''. The [https://www.newspapers.com/image/853748821/ Saturday, August 22 issue] marked a return to the ''Journal Tribune Weekend'' name.}} and two weeks covered Saturdays only, though returned to Saturday and Sunday coverage.{{Efn|The August 22 and [https://www.newspapers.com/image/853750144/ August 29, 2009 issues] were labeled for Saturday only, and the [https://www.newspapers.com/image/853753623/ Saturday, September 5 – Sunday, September 6 issue] was labeled for Saturday and Sunday.}}
'''''Journal Tribune Sunday'''''<nowiki/>'s first issue was for Sunday, June 16, 2013. The ''Journal Tribune Weekend'' continued to be published on Saturdays, and continued to cover Sundays.{{Efn|Sundays began to be covered twice; for example there existed both a [https://www.newspapers.com/image/988153615/ Saturday, June 15 – Sunday, June 16, 2013] ''Journal Tribune Weekend'' and a [https://www.newspapers.com/image/988153648/ Sunday, June 16] ''Journal Tribune Sunday'' issue.}}
The Sunday edition's last issue was on October 28, 2018, after which it became online-only. The weekend edition's name changed following this, with the first November issue being published as the ''Journal Tribune Weekender''.{{Efn|The [https://www.newspapers.com/image/945492044/ Saturday, October 27 – Sunday, October 28, 2018 issue] was published as the ''Journal Tribune Weekend'', and the [https://www.newspapers.com/image/945491819/ Saturday, November 3 issue] was published as the ''Journal Tribune Weekender''.}} This sparked another period of Saturday-only coverage by the ''Weekender'', though issues in December returned to full-weekend coverage.{{Efn|The [https://www.newspapers.com/image/945485139/ Saturday, November 24, 2018 issue] covered only Saturday, but the following [https://www.newspapers.com/image/945493078/ Saturday, December 1 – Sunday, December 2 issue] covered both days.}} The name change represented the new, longer weekend edition intended to make up for the lost Sunday edition.
== History == In January 2017, the newspaper announced they would no longer publish a print Monday edition, opting to enhance their online Monday edition instead.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 9, 2017 |title=Journal Tribune drops Monday print edition |url=https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/journal-tribune-drops-monday-print-edition |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Mainebiz |language=English}}</ref>
=== MaineToday Media === Reade Brower, owner of MaineToday Media, acquired the ''Journal Tribune'' as well as Brunswick's ''The Times Record'' on April 1, 2018, from Sample News Group,<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 March 2018 |title=Owner of Maine's biggest newspaper buys more publications |url=https://www.wmtw.com/article/owner-of-maines-biggest-newspaper-buys-more-publications/19574635 |access-date=23 September 2023 |website=WMTW |language=en |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> which then acquired Brower's co-owned newspapers in Rutland and Barre–Montpelier, Vermont.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meyn |first=Colin |date=2018-03-22 |title=Herald and Times Argus sold to family-owned Sample News Group |url=http://vtdigger.org/2018/03/22/herald-times-argus-sold-family-owned-sample-news-group/ |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=VTDigger |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Closure === In 2019, the ''Journal Tribune'' was closed. The last articles on their website were posted September 26, 2019,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Journal Tribune |url=https://www.pressherald.com/journal-tribune |access-date=2023-09-24 |website= |via=PressHerald.com}}</ref> and their last paper was published October 12.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dineen |first=Hannah |date=October 2, 2019 |title=Journal Tribune newspaper folds after 135 years |url=https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/money/business/journal-tribune-newspaper-folds-after-135-years/97-854100da-5757-4c27-ac61-7570dd3be65f |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=newscentermaine.com |language=en-US}}</ref> At the time of their closure, they published an edition for Tuesday through Saturday.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=J. Craig |date=2019-10-01 |title=Biddeford's daily Journal Tribune will soon end its run, after 135 years |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2019/10/01/biddefords-journal-tribune-to-fold-after-135-years/ |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Portland Press Herald}}</ref> Ed Pierce was the executive editor at the time of the paper's demise,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Solloway |first=Steve |date=2019-10-17 |title=Another death in the family |url=https://themainemonitor.org/biddeford-journal-tribune-another-death-in-the-family-2/ |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=The Maine Monitor |language=en-US}}</ref> though he already had plans to retire.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Mariam |date=2019-10-02 |title=Biddeford's daily Journal Tribune to cease publication after 135 years |url=https://talkingbiznews.com/we-talk-biz-news/biddefords-daily-journal-tribune-to-cease-publication-after-135-years/ |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Talking Biz News |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Notes == {{Notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== Further reading ==
* {{Cite news |date=January 9, 2017 |title=Journal Tribune in Biddeford drops Monday print edition |work=Portland Press Herald |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2017/01/09/journal-tribune-drops-monday-print-edition/}} * {{Cite news |last=Greenberg |first=Zoe |date=October 12, 2019 |title=In one Maine town, 'home paper' is gone after 135 years |work=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/10/12/home-paper-gone-after-years/1yJKQl7FXSOM4VkAWDfHFO/story.html}} {{MaineToday}}
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