The Exception Magazine
{{Short description|Maine local news}}
{{Primary sources|date=August 2008}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
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| commercial = Yes
| type = Online magazine
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| owner = Liberalati LLC
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| launch_date = December 2008
| current_status = Live
| ISSN = 1947-1181
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The Exception Magazine is an online news magazine that covers Maine.[https://archive.today/20120904083920/http://www.mainewomen.org/blog/tag/the-exception-magazine/ Maine Women's Lobby Blog](archived version)[http://www.friendsofmerrymeetingbay.org/cybrary/pages/20110423-TheException.pdf Maine Environmental Notes | The Exception Magazine]{{failed verification|date=July 2018}} It is headquartered in Portland, Maine.{{cite web|url=http://www.maineyellowpages.com/3144700/The-Exception-Magazine-Portland-ME |title=www.maineyellowpages.com |publisher=www.maineyellowpages.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}} The Exception Magazine ({{ISSN|1947-1181}}),{{cite web|author=The exception magazine. |url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:1947-1181 |title=Results for 'n2:1947-1181' > 'Journal, magazine' |publisher=Worldcat.org |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}} which is updated daily during the week, covers Maine news, business, politics and culture.Local Independent Media in Portland, Maine http://www.liveworkportland.org/work-in-portland/creative-community/ It is ad-supported and has been available to read free of charge since December 2008.
The Exception introduced a mobile micropayment system on July 15, 2010, which, according to the organization, made it the first online news organization to use such a payment program.{{cite web |url=http://exceptionmag.com/business/media/0001805/exception-magazine-launches-news-industrys-first-mobile-micropayment-system |title=Exception Magazine Launches News Industry's First Mobile Micropayment System | The Exception Magazine |date= |accessdate=2017-06-19 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722170359/http://exceptionmag.com/business/media/0001805/exception-magazine-launches-news-industrys-first-mobile-micropayment-system |archivedate=2010-07-22 }}
Editorial stance
The Exception Magazine is nonpartisan.{{cite web|url=http://www.mainefreedomforum.com/maineopengov-org-blog-featured-in-exception-magazine/|title=Mainefreedomforum.com|website=www.mainefreedomforum.com|accessdate=19 June 2017}} It has published guest editorials from conservative groups such as the Maine Heritage Policy Center as well as liberal groups like the Maine Center for Economic Policy. The Exception's publisher is Stefan Deeran.{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stefan-deeran |title=Stefan Deeran |work=The Huffington Post |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}}
Guest contributors
Maine Congressman Mike Michaud, Democratic member of Maine Senate and that party's 2010 candidate for the office of Governor of Maine Libby Mitchell,{{cite web |url=http://exceptionmag.com/politics/perspectives/000928/dealing-maines-budget-gap |title=Dealing with Maine's Budget Gap | The Exception Magazine |date= |accessdate=2017-06-19 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515194137/http://exceptionmag.com/politics/perspectives/000928/dealing-maines-budget-gap |archivedate=2009-05-15 }} and Maine Governor Paul LePage have contributed to the magazine.{{cite web |url=http://exceptionmag.com/politics/perspectives/0001608/why-maine-needs-tabor-ii |title=Why Maine Needs TABOR II | The Exception Magazine |date= |accessdate=2017-06-19 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101115127/http://exceptionmag.com/politics/perspectives/0001608/why-maine-needs-tabor-ii |archivedate=2009-11-01 }}
Hospitality industry coverage
The Exception Magazine covers the food and travel industry and is known for its profiles of food tech ceos and town by town restaurant reviews.{{cite web|url=http://tucson.com/news/local/online-magazine-chooses-extraordinary-tucson-restaurants/article_b96b5556-a754-11e6-874a-1f89633a3550.html|title=Online magazine chooses 19 'extraordinary' Tucson restaurants|first=Caitlin|last=Schmidt|date=12 November 2016 |publisher=|accessdate=19 June 2017}}
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External links
- {{official website|http://exceptionmag.com}}
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