Portland Press-Herald

The April 4, 2007, front page of the Portland Press Herald
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	MaineToday Media Inc.
Publisher	Lisa DeSisto
Editor	Cliff Schechtman
Founded	1862 (1862)
Headquarters	One City Center, 5th floor Portland, Maine 04101-5009, United States
Circulation	37,776 weekdays 56,722 Sundays in 2014 4.6 million pageviews/month in November 2011
OCLC number	9341113
Website	http://www.pressherald.com

The Portland Press Herald (and Maine Sunday Telegram; collectively known as The Portland Newspapers) publish daily newspapers in the city of Portland, Maine, in the United States. Serving the state's largest and principal commercial city, as well as much of southern Maine, the Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram form the largest-circulation newsroom in the state.

The Portland Newspapers throughout most of the 20th century were the cornerstone of Guy Gannett Communications's media holdings, which included two other daily newspapers in Maine. In 1998, these newspapers were sold to The Seattle Times Company; ten years later, they were purchased by MaineToday Media.

On June 28, 2016, the series "Payday at the Mill" and reporters Whit Richardson and Steve Mistler received a Gerald Loeb Award in the "Local" category.

In 2012, reporter Colin Woodard received the 2012 George Polk Award for the story, "Special Report: The profit motive behind virtual schools in Maine" in the category, "Education Reporting."

The Press Herald was founded in 1862 on Congress Street. Notable alumni of the paper include longtime Washington correspondent May Craig and current Boston Herald sports columnist Steve Buckley.

On March 17, 2008, the Press Herald converted from its traditional multi-section format to two sections. A brief editorial highlighted advertising concerns and said the other sections could be found online. The next day, The Seattle Times Company, its owner at the time, announced that it was putting the Press Herald and its other Maine newspaper properties up for sale.