The Casco Bay Weekly was a free alternative weekly newspaper published in Portland, Maine, from May 26, 1988, to 2004. It was similar to other alternative newspapers such as The Village Voice and The Phoenix.
In 1990, Dodge Morgan, who also owned the Maine Times newspaper, purchased Casco Bay Weekly from Mogul Media Inc. At the time, CBW had a circulation of approximately 20,000 entirely in the Greater Portland area. The paper struggled with declining ad revenues after the establishment of another alternative newspaper, the Portland Phoenix, in 1999.
The paper's final editor, Chris Busby, founded The Bollard in 2005.
References
- "Casco Bay Weekly". digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com. Portland Public Library Research Portland Public Library Digital Commons.
- "Casco Bay Weekly". The Bollard. June 2, 2014.
- "Mainer Times Owner Buys Casco Bay Weekly". Evening Express. 7 June 1990.
- "New incarnation of Portland paper to hit newsstands". Bangor Daily News. 1 January 2003.
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