The state’s leading northern-Maine paper’s annual report shows an anemic following – far behind The Maine Wire – despite an advantage in legacy and workforce size.
Graham Pollard, who is The Maine Wire’s digital media editor, compared Bangor Daily News’ readership to the Wire’s.
Pollard’s source for Bangor’s following comes from its so-called 2025-2026 “Impact Report,” published by Bangor CEO and President Jennifer Holmes.
“This is the report they send to donors and potential donors to try to sell themselves as to why you should give the Bangor Daily News your hard-earned money,” Pollard said.
He quoted Holmes from the report, “Over the past quarter-century we have reinvented ourselves from a 400-person daily print newspaper reaching 80,000 readers each week to a 100-person digital first newsroom reaching more than 900,000 people each month across Maine and beyond.”
Pollard said that “it’s a pretty safe assumption this combines all their platforms – the social media, their website,” etc.
“So what I’m going to do is put up The Maine Wire’s last 30 days just on Facebook,” he said, using a graphic. “The viewer information is really what we’re looking for here.”
The Maine Wire’s monthly viewers on Facebook alone: 4.2 million.
The state’s leading northern-Maine paper’s annual report shows an anemic following – far behind The Maine Wire – despite an advantage in legacy and workforce size.
Graham Pollard, who is The Maine Wire’s digital media editor, compared Bangor Daily News’ readership to the Wire’s.
Pollard’s source for Bangor’s following comes from its so-called 2025-2026 “Impact Report,” published by Bangor CEO and President Jennifer Holmes.
“This is the report they send to donors and potential donors to try to sell themselves as to why you should give the Bangor Daily News your hard-earned money,” Pollard said.
He quoted Holmes from the report, “Over the past quarter-century we have reinvented ourselves from a 400-person daily print newspaper reaching 80,000 readers each week to a 100-person digital first newsroom reaching more than 900,000 people each month across Maine and beyond.”
Pollard said that “it’s a pretty safe assumption this combines all their platforms – the social media, their website,” etc.
“So what I’m going to do is put up The Maine Wire’s last 30 days just on Facebook,” he said, using a graphic. “The viewer information is really what we’re looking for here.”
The Maine Wire’s monthly viewers on Facebook alone: 4.2 million.
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Maine Wire 11-Person Crew Swamps 100-Person Bangor Daily News With Seven Times As Many Readers
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By Ted Cohen
May 25, 2026
The state’s leading northern-Maine paper’s annual report shows an anemic following – far behind The Maine Wire – despite an advantage in legacy and workforce size.
Graham Pollard, who is The Maine Wire’s digital media editor, compared Bangor Daily News’ readership to the Wire’s.
Pollard’s source for Bangor’s following comes from its so-called 2025-2026 “Impact Report,” published by Bangor CEO and President Jennifer Holmes.
“This is the report they send to donors and potential donors to try to sell themselves as to why you should give the Bangor Daily News your hard-earned money,” Pollard said.
He quoted Holmes from the report, “Over the past quarter-century we have reinvented ourselves from a 400-person daily print newspaper reaching 80,000 readers each week to a 100-person digital first newsroom reaching more than 900,000 people each month across Maine and beyond.”
Pollard said that “it’s a pretty safe assumption this combines all their platforms – the social media, their website,” etc.
“So what I’m going to do is put up The Maine Wire’s last 30 days just on Facebook,” he said, using a graphic. “The viewer information is really what we’re looking for here.”
The Maine Wire’s monthly viewers on Facebook alone: 4.2 million.
The state’s leading northern-Maine paper’s annual report shows an anemic following – far behind The Maine Wire – despite an advantage in legacy and workforce size.
Graham Pollard, who is The Maine Wire’s digital media editor, compared Bangor Daily News’ readership to the Wire’s.
Pollard’s source for Bangor’s following comes from its so-called 2025-2026 “Impact Report,” published by Bangor CEO and President Jennifer Holmes.
“This is the report they send to donors and potential donors to try to sell themselves as to why you should give the Bangor Daily News your hard-earned money,” Pollard said.
He quoted Holmes from the report, “Over the past quarter-century we have reinvented ourselves from a 400-person daily print newspaper reaching 80,000 readers each week to a 100-person digital first newsroom reaching more than 900,000 people each month across Maine and beyond.”
Pollard said that “it’s a pretty safe assumption this combines all their platforms – the social media, their website,” etc.
“So what I’m going to do is put up The Maine Wire’s last 30 days just on Facebook,” he said, using a graphic. “The viewer information is really what we’re looking for here.”
The Maine Wire’s monthly viewers on Facebook alone: 4.2 million.
Continue reading the article at the following weblink:
https://www.themainewire.com/2026/05/maine-wire-11-person-crew-swamps-100-person-bangor-daily-news-with-seven-times-as-many-readers/