Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Sun Media Group |
Publisher | James R. Costello Sr. |
Editor | Judy Meyer |
Founded | 1847 |
Headquarters | 104 Park Street Lewiston, Maine 04240 USA |
Website | sunjournal.com |
The Sun Journal is a newspaper published in Lewiston, Maine, US, and covers the west of Maine.
In addition to its main office in Lewiston, the paper maintains satellite news and sales bureaus in the Maine towns of Farmington, Norway and Rumford.
The Sun Journal's daily circulation is approximately 18,600.
The Evening Journal, Lewiston's first newspaper, started publishing in 1861. The Lewiston Daily Sun followed in 1896. In 1989, the two papers combined to form the Sun Journal. In 2017, the Sun Media Group was sold by the Costello family to Reade Brower, owner of MaineToday Media.
The Sun Journal prices are: $1.00 daily, $2.25 Sunday.
On October 1, 2007, the Sun Journal purchased Kirkland Newspapers of Farmington, the publisher of four weekly newspapers:
The Sun Journal also owns The Forecaster, a free regional paper.