# The Exception Magazine

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{{Short description|Maine local news}}
{{Primary sources|date=August 2008}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox website
| name             = ''The Exception Magazine''
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| url              = {{URL|http://www.exceptionmag.com}}
| commercial       = Yes
| type             = Online magazine
| registration     = None
| owner            = Liberalati LLC
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| launch_date      = December 2008
| current_status   = Live
| ISSN             = 1947-1181
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'''''The Exception Magazine''''' is an online news magazine that covers Maine.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120904083920/http://www.mainewomen.org/blog/tag/the-exception-magazine/ Maine Women's Lobby Blog](archived version)</ref><ref>[http://www.friendsofmerrymeetingbay.org/cybrary/pages/20110423-TheException.pdf Maine Environmental Notes | The Exception Magazine]</ref>{{failed verification|date=July 2018}} It is headquartered in [Portland, Maine](/source/Portland%2C_Maine).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maineyellowpages.com/3144700/The-Exception-Magazine-Portland-ME |title=www.maineyellowpages.com |publisher=www.maineyellowpages.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>  ''The Exception Magazine'' ({{ISSN|1947-1181}}),<ref>{{cite web|author=The exception magazine. |url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:1947-1181 |title=Results for 'n2:1947-1181' > 'Journal, magazine' |publisher=Worldcat.org |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> which is updated daily during the week, covers Maine news, business, politics and culture.<ref>Local Independent Media in Portland, Maine http://www.liveworkportland.org/work-in-portland/creative-community/</ref> It is [ad](/source/advertising)-supported and has been available to read free of charge since December 2008.

The Exception introduced a mobile [micropayment](/source/micropayment) system on July 15, 2010, which, according to the organization, made it the first online news organization to use such a payment program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://exceptionmag.com/business/media/0001805/exception-magazine-launches-news-industrys-first-mobile-micropayment-system |title=Exception Magazine Launches News Industry's First Mobile Micropayment System &#124; The Exception Magazine |date= |accessdate=2017-06-19 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722170359/http://exceptionmag.com/business/media/0001805/exception-magazine-launches-news-industrys-first-mobile-micropayment-system |archivedate=2010-07-22 }}</ref>

==Editorial stance==
''The Exception Magazine'' is nonpartisan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mainefreedomforum.com/maineopengov-org-blog-featured-in-exception-magazine/|title=Mainefreedomforum.com|website=www.mainefreedomforum.com|accessdate=19 June 2017}}</ref> It has published guest editorials from conservative groups such as the [Maine Heritage Policy Center](/source/Maine_Heritage_Policy_Center) as well as liberal groups like the Maine Center for Economic Policy. ''The Exception's'' publisher is [Stefan Deeran](/source/Stefan_Deeran).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stefan-deeran |title=Stefan Deeran |work=The Huffington Post |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>

==Guest contributors==
Maine Congressman [Mike Michaud](/source/Mike_Michaud), Democratic member of Maine Senate and that party's 2010 candidate for the office of Governor of Maine [Libby Mitchell](/source/Libby_Mitchell),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://exceptionmag.com/politics/perspectives/000928/dealing-maines-budget-gap |title=Dealing with Maine's Budget Gap &#124; The Exception Magazine |date= |accessdate=2017-06-19 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515194137/http://exceptionmag.com/politics/perspectives/000928/dealing-maines-budget-gap |archivedate=2009-05-15 }}</ref> and Maine Governor [Paul LePage](/source/Paul_LePage) have contributed to the magazine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://exceptionmag.com/politics/perspectives/0001608/why-maine-needs-tabor-ii |title=Why Maine Needs TABOR II &#124; The Exception Magazine |date= |accessdate=2017-06-19 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101115127/http://exceptionmag.com/politics/perspectives/0001608/why-maine-needs-tabor-ii |archivedate=2009-11-01 }}</ref>

==Hospitality industry coverage==
The Exception Magazine covers the food and travel industry and is known for its profiles of food tech ceos and town by town restaurant reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tucson.com/news/local/online-magazine-chooses-extraordinary-tucson-restaurants/article_b96b5556-a754-11e6-874a-1f89633a3550.html|title=Online magazine chooses 19 'extraordinary' Tucson restaurants|first=Caitlin|last=Schmidt|date=12 November 2016 |publisher=|accessdate=19 June 2017}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{official website|http://exceptionmag.com}}

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