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''The Leader'' is an American daily newspaper published in Corning, New York. It is owned by GateHouse Media. The newspaper covers the city of Corning and surrounding villages such as Addison, Bath and Erwin, in Steuben County, and Horseheads, in Chemung County. == History == The history of ''The Leader'' stretches back to two competing newspapers in Corning in the mid-19th century. Its earliest predecessor was ''The Corning Journal'', a weekly newspaper established in 1847 as "an independent family newspaper, free from party politics". George W. Pratt served as editor of the ''Journal'' for a half-century, from 1851 until his death in 1906. His son, future Congressman Harry H. Pratt, ran the paper until 1918.〔 The weekly ''Corning Sun'' debuted in 1853, later changing its name to the ''Southern Tier Farmer'' and then, in April 1857, the ''Corning Democrat'', to reflect its ties to the Democratic Party. The ''Democrat'' established a daily newspaper in 1884, and in 1903 changed its name to ''The Evening Leader''. Another future congressman, Edwin Underhill, served as publisher of ''The Evening Leader'' and oversaw its repudiation of 19th century-style partisan journalism.〔 ''The Corning Journal'' merged with ''The Evening Leader'' in 1920. Ownership of the combined afternoon paper remained in the Underhill family until 1972, when it was sold to Howard Publications of California.〔 The paper published as ''The Evening Leader'' until 1954, then as the ''Corning Leader'' until September 24, 1965, and as ''The Leader'' thereafter. Publication was interrupted during late June 1972 during the Hurricane Agnes flood, which caused millions of dollars of damage to the ''Leader'' building.〔 On June 24, 1972, the ''Leader'' banded with its competitors to publish a special flood edition called the ''Leader-Star-Gazette''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Leader (Corning)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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