Down East: The Magazine of Maine is the principal general interest monthly magazine covering the U.S. state of Maine. It is based in Rockport, Maine, with a second office in Yarmouth, Maine. It covers a range of topics including travel, food, the arts, the environment, politics, business, and lifestyle in the state of Maine. Down East was founded in 1954 by Duane Doolittle and loosely modeled on The New Yorker. Herbert Jacob Seligman wrote for it in the 1950s including an entry on Marsden Hartley. Down East enjoys the largest paid circulation of any publication in the state, peaking at more than 80,000 during the summer, with 53% of its readership aged 55 and above, 38% aged 35–54, and 9% 18–34. Global readership exceeds 380,000. It is Maine's only audited and verified magazine. The magazine is published twelve times a year by its parent company, Down East Enterprise, Inc., which also publishes Shooting Sportsman magazine. In 2013, Down East Enterprise sold a book publishing arm to Rowman & Littlefield. More information...
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