AAN News
Dodge Morgan, Owner of Two Former AAN Papers, Dies at 78new
Morgan owned the Maine Times and Casco Bay Weekly, both of which are now defunct.
Portland Press Herald |
09-21-2010 12:34 pm |
Industry News
Buyers Calling Casco Bay Publishernew
Lael Morgan tells E&P's Lucia
Moses that buyers have been
calling since Casco Bay Weekly was
shuttered two weeks ago. Morgan
blames the economy and the Portland
Phoenix for the weekly's closure. "We
haven't had a national ad since they
arrived," she tells E&P.
Editor & Publisher |
12-04-2002 10:14 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Casco Bay Weekly
CBW's Early Days Recalled
Casco Bay Weekly's
co-founders, Monte Paulsen and
Gary Santaniello, mourn the closure of
the alternative newsweekly they opened
in 1988. "It was glorious,"
Paulsen says of the early days in
Portland, Maine, when the staff delivered
the paper by themselves and the
photographer worked in the staff
bathroom. The paper closed Nov. 21,
unable to stem financial losses
and fight off competition from the Portland
Phoenix.
(FULL STORY)
Marty Levine |
11-26-2002 2:40 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Casco Bay Weekly
Casco Bay Weekly Suspends Publication
11-22-2002 2:07 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Management, Casco Bay Weekly
Tempers Still Hot in Portland
A battle of words still rages in Portland, Maine, two weeks after Dodge Morgan fired most of the editorial staff at Casco Bay Weekly. Editor Chris Busby says Morgan was a “philanthropist” who suddenly panicked about the paper’s losing money. Morgan and his ex-wife, Lael Morgan, say Busby and his all-male staff were insubordinate and hostile. Not only that, Lael Morgan says someone peed into a trash bag full of files found after the firings. Not us, insists a furious Busby.
(FULL STORY)
03-18-2002 12:36 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Casco Bay Weekly
Casco Bay Weekly Fires Editorial Staffnew
Dodge Morgan, owner of the Casco Bay Weekly, has fired the alt-weekly's editor, deputy editor and both staff writers, the Portland Press Herald reports. Morgan tells the Press Herald the paper has been losing money for more than a year. He says the paper will keep printing despite the layoffs. When asked how, Morgan responds, "That's Lael's problem." Lael Morgan, his ex-wife, is the weekly's publisher.
Portland Press Herald |
03-07-2002 9:30 am |
Industry News
From Casco Bay: Behind the Counter at a 21st Century McD'snew
"Please don't eat at McDonalds," begs Chris Barry, who went undercover to work at one of the chain's locations in Portland, Maine. Warning: Don't read this Casco Bay Weekly story after a meal, especially if you dined on fast food.
Casco Bay Weekly |
10-03-2001 7:54 am |
Industry News
Tags: Casco Bay Weekly
Competition Heats Up In Portland, Maine
Changes At Casco Bay; A Quick Start For the Phoenix.
(FULL STORY)
Amanda Fazzone |
03-03-2000 11:51 am |
Industry News
