News-Democrat & Leader
The News-Democrat & Leader is a twice-weekly newspaper in Russellville, Kentucky. It has been published since 1806, fourteen years after Kentucky became a state. Russellville is the county seat of Logan County.
- For the Illinois newspaper, please see Belleville News-Democrat.
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| Type | Bi-weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Paxton Media Group |
| Editor | OJ Stapleton |
| Managing editor | Chris Cooper |
| General manager | Lola Nash |
| Staff writers | Paul Halfacre |
| Founded | 1806 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 120 Public Square, Russellville, Kentucky, United States |
| Website | Official website |
The current title was formed with the merging of The Logan County News and The Democrat in 1911. Then in 1968, employees of the News-Democrat started a paper called The Logan Leader. A few months later, this was merged back into the original company, which published the papers under different names each week. In the 1990s, this was changed to a publication under the combined name of News-Democrat & Leader.
The paper was previously owned by Heartland Publications. In 2012 Versa Capital Management merged Heartland, Ohio Community Media, former Freedom papers it had acquired, and Impressions Media into a new company, Civitas Media.[1] Civitas Media sold the News-Democrat & Leader to Paxton Media Group in 2017.[2]
An unrelated News-Democrat was published in Paducah, Kentucky from 1901 to 1929.
References
- Business Wire, Versa Capital Announces the Formation of Civitas Media, LLC, retrieved April 10, 2017
- "Quarterly Updates - 3rd Quarter 2017". Dirks, Van Essen & Murray. 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-10-28.