The Portland Phoenix will resume publication in November

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Phoenix newspaper will relaunch under new ownership


The Portland Phoenix, the alternative weekly that ceased publishing in February, will resume publication in early November.

The relaunch was announced Oct. 22 by Marian McCue and Karen Wood, principals of New Portland Publishing Co., which is relaunching the free-distribution newspaper.

The new owners cited the need for alternative journalism in a region dominated by a monopoly that controls almost all the major dailies in Maine, and most of the weeklies in southern Maine.

“While we always admired the energy of the Phoenix, and the strong entertainment coverage, our focus will be more on news and analysis, and in-depth investigative stories that explore the challenges facing this area,” said McCue, who will serve as editor of the new Portland Phoenix. Mo Mehlsak, most recently executive editor of The Forecaster, American Journal and Lakes Region Weekly newspapers, will be managing editor of the Portland Phoenix.

Read more: http://www.portlandphoenix.me/press-release/

[Sinistrous]

1. It is good to see that the Phoenix

will rise again.

[ramen]

2. Awesome news.