30-130 Blethen Employees To Lose Their Jobs

With the completion of the sale of the Blethen Maine Newspapers to its new owner, at least 31 and as many as 131 employees at the papers could lose their jobs.

Blethen Maine Newspapers, now owned by an investment group called MaineToday Media Inc., includes the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Kennebec Journal in Augusta, and the (Waterville) Morning Sentinel. Together with the accompanying Web sites and niche print publications, these papers employ about 500 people.

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