The Leader Vindicator
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Independent Publications |
| Founder(s) | S.C Hepler |
| Publisher | Pat Patterson |
| Editor | Josh Walzak |
| Sports editor | Rich Rhoades |
| Founded | 1929 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| Circulation | 4,300 |
| Website | www |
The Leader-Vindicator is a weekly newspaper serving New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and the surrounding community.[1]
It is owned by Independent Publications, under the Community Media Group of Frankfort, Illinois.[1] According to the American Newspaper Representatives, the newspaper has a paid circulation of approximately 4,300 copies.[2]
History[edit]
The paper is the result of the 1929 merger of the New Bethlehem Vindicator and the Bethlehem Leader. The New Bethlehem Vindicator was founded in 1879 as a seven column Independent paper,[3] expanding to eight pages in 1880.[4] It was sold by Ed Himes to S.C. Hepler of the slightly older Bethlehem Leader in 1929, and the papers were merged into a single paper, making it the only local paper available in Bethlehem.[5]
The paper was bought from L. O. Hepler, by Tom T. Andrews in 1947.[6] Counting his work at the Bethlehem Leader Hepler had at that point been editor and later publisher of the weekly newspaper for almost forty-five years.[6]
In 1953, Herbert Phillips was appointed editor, succeeding his father B. E. Philipps .[7]
The paper was sold to James Shaffer in 1986, but Andrews stayed on as co-publisher until his death in 1996.[8] After the death of Andrews, Shaffer sold the company to McLean Publishing,[9] a company run by a family that owned other local papers.[10] The paper was put under the Independent Publishers Group.
In 2013, McLean Publishing's holdings under the Independent Publishers group were sold to Community Media, including The Leader Vindicator.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "New Bethlehem Leader-Vindicator". Mondo Times. Mondo Times. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "American Newspaper Representatives database" (PDF). 2019-02-03.
- ^ "The New Bethlehem Vindicator". The Indiana Progress. 18 September 1879.
- ^ "Eight page paper". The Forest Republican. 16 June 1880.
- ^ "New Bethlehem Has Only One Paper Now". Simpson's Leader-Times. 4 January 1929.
- ^ a b "New Bethlehem Leader Vindicator Changes Hands". The Jeffersonian-Democrat. 26 June 1947.
- ^ "Leader Vindicator Gets New Editor". The Jeffersonian-Democrat. 9 April 1953.
- ^ "About The Leader Vindicator". Leader Vindicator.
- ^ "Courier Express publisher sets retirement". Indiana Gazette. 30 December 1998.
- ^ "The Old Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 11 April 1980.
- ^ "Community Media buys Pa. newspapers". The Sentinel. 5 March 2013.