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]
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]
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]
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]