The Media Mogul of Maine
- 6 years ago
The Media Mogul of Maine
Mr. Brower said both Mr. LePage — who has a famously adversarial relationship with the Maine press corps —
and Ms. Collins reached out to him when he became the owner of The Portland Press Herald.
Lisa DeSisto, chief executive and publisher of MaineToday Media, which publishes The Portland Press Herald
and its sister dailies in Augusta and Waterville, said Mr. Brower is “ridiculously hands off” and rarely visits the Portland offices.
He is now the owner of MaineToday Media, Sun Media Group — the Lewiston paper’s publisher — and Courier Publications, a group of coastal weeklies.
All of the papers continue to operate autonomously.”
Indeed, Mr. Brower — who describes himself as “an independent moderate who leans a little to the left on social issues
and a little to the right on fiscal matters” — does not generate much angst among the state’s media watchers.
“He doesn’t want to get into those dialogues with people he doesn’t agree with, and then the free press becomes your enemy,” Mr. Brower said.
Mr. Brower said both Mr. LePage — who has a famously adversarial relationship with the Maine press corps —
and Ms. Collins reached out to him when he became the owner of The Portland Press Herald.
Lisa DeSisto, chief executive and publisher of MaineToday Media, which publishes The Portland Press Herald
and its sister dailies in Augusta and Waterville, said Mr. Brower is “ridiculously hands off” and rarely visits the Portland offices.
He is now the owner of MaineToday Media, Sun Media Group — the Lewiston paper’s publisher — and Courier Publications, a group of coastal weeklies.
All of the papers continue to operate autonomously.”
Indeed, Mr. Brower — who describes himself as “an independent moderate who leans a little to the left on social issues
and a little to the right on fiscal matters” — does not generate much angst among the state’s media watchers.
“He doesn’t want to get into those dialogues with people he doesn’t agree with, and then the free press becomes your enemy,” Mr. Brower said.