Sun Journal
Max Mogensen is the founder and creative director of Maine Creative, Ltd. Co., a full-service design studio established in April 2013, specializing in a wide range of media, including websites and commercial video, while also offering expertise in communications and social media. Additionally, Max serves as the owner of Anchor Arts + Communication since July 2013, providing graphic design, brand development, marketing consulting, and event production services. Max has been a freelance journalist for Sun Journal - Sun Media Group since September 2005, engaging in reportage, writing, and editing. From February 2012 to July 2013, Max held a marketing position at The Gelato Fiasco, focusing on social media and community outreach. Educational credentials include studies at The City College of New York and Columbia University.
Sun Journal
Sun Media Group’s origins date back to the May 20, 1847 publication of a weekly newspaper called the Lewiston Falls Journal.Dr. Alonzo Garcelon, later a governor of Maine, was one of the founders, along with William Waldron, a printer by trade. Francis Lane edited what started out as a literary journal, and subscriptions in that first year sold at $1.50. The offices moved that year from Lisbon Street to 104 Park St. where Sun Media Group newspapers are still located. Sun Media Group — was announced in 2007 to serve as an umbrella to unify the Sun Journal with all of the individual companies owned by the Costellos, including Sun Press, The Bethel Citizen, The Forecaster publications, Rumford Falls Times, Advertiser Democrat, The Franklin Journal, Livermore Falls Advertiser, The Rangley Highlander, The Penobscot Times, American Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Maine Women Magazine, 95 North and My Gen. On Aug. 1, 2017, Sun Media Group was sold to Reade Brower, a mid-coast media executive and entrepreneur who also owns MaineToday Media, which includes the Portland Press Herald, Waterville Sentinel and the Kennebec Journal. He is also the owner of Alliance Press, a commercial printing company in Brunswick, and publishes four weeklies in midcoast Maine: The Free Press in Rockland, The Courier-Gazette in Rockland, The Camden Herald and The Republican Journal in Belfast. In 2016, Brower and Chris Harris, former president of Upper Valley Press in New Hampshire, purchased The Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times Argus in Vermont. When the Sun Media Group sale was announced, Brower said “these are landmark Maine institution newspapers. We’re really all excited about creating a family of newspapers in Maine that the community can rely on for news they can trust.”