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The ''Lexington Herald-Leader'' is a newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company and based in the U.S. city of Lexington, Kentucky. According to the ''1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook'', the ''Herald-Leaders paid circulation is the second largest in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The newspaper has won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing and the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = The McClatchy Company )〕 It has also been a finalist in six other Pulitzer awards over the past 22 years, a record that has been unsurpassed by any mid-sized newspaper in the United States during the same time frame. The publisher is Rufus Friday, and Peter Baniak is the editor. == History == The ''Herald-Leader'' was created by a 1983 merger of the ''Lexington Herald'' and the ''Lexington Leader''. The story of the ''Herald'' begins in 1870 with a paper known as the ''Lexington Daily Press''. In 1895, a descendant of that paper was first published as the ''Morning Herald'', later to be renamed the ''Lexington Herald'' in 1905. Meanwhile, in 1898 a group of Fayette County Republicans began publication of a competing afternoon paper named the ''Kentucky Leader'', which became known as the ''Lexington Leader'' in 1901. In 1937, the owner of the ''Leader'', John Stoll, purchased the ''Herald''.〔 The papers continued as independent entities for 46 years. Despite the common ownership, the two papers had different editorial stances; the ''Herald'' was moderately liberal while the ''Leader'' was conservative. The two newspapers published a combined Sunday edition. In 1973, both were purchased by ''Knight Newspapers'', which merged with ''Ridder Publications'' to form Knight Ridder the following year.〔 A decade later, in 1983, the ''Herald'' and ''Leader'' merged to form today's ''Lexington Herald-Leader''.〔 In 1985, publisher Creed Black allowed reporters to publish a series of articles which exposed widespread corruption within the University of Kentucky's Wildcats men's basketball team. From 1979 to 1991, the paper was edited by John Carroll, who went on to edit ''The Baltimore Sun'' and ''The Los Angeles Times''. On July 11, 2001 the paper reduced four positions due to declining advertising revenue and higher newsprint costs. Long-time columnists Don Edwards and Dick Burdette took voluntary early retirements but are still published occasionally as contributing writers. The job eliminations were a cumulation of efforts that started in May when the workforce was reduced by 15 positions.〔 On July 4, 2004, the newspaper, in an effort to apologize for failing to cover the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement, published a front-page package of stories and archive photos documenting Lexingtonians involved in the movement.〔 The stories, written by Linda B. Blackford and Linda Minch, received international attention, including a story on the front page of The New York Times. It also received an annual professional award by the Kentucky chapter of the Special Libraries Association. On June 27, 2006, the McClatchy Company purchased Knight Ridder for approximately $4 billion in cash and stock on June 27, 2006. It also assumed Knight Ridder debt of $2 billion. McClatchy sold 12 Knight Ridder papers, but the ''Herald-Leader'' was one of 20 retained. 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「Lexington Herald-Leader」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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