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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gannett |
| Founded | 1867 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Springfield, Missouri, United States |
| ISSN | 2995-1925 |
| Website | news-leader |
TheSpringfield News-Leader is the predominantnewspaper for the city ofSpringfield, Missouri, and covers theOzarks. TheNews-Leader has a daily circulation of 32,363 and a Sunday circulation of 51,402 as of September 2013.[1] Sunday single copy costs $2.00 in the metro area and $3.00 in the state area. The cost is $2.00 other days of the week. Digital and print subscriptions are available.
TheSpringfield Leader began circulation in 1867 and merged with theSpringfield Daily News in 1933 to become theSpringfield Leader & Press, an afternoon paper; the morning paper was theNews & Leader. The newspapers moved to their present site on Boonville Avenue in 1933. That same year, a new press, capable of printing 36,000 sixty-four page papers per hour, was installed.
The plant was destroyed by fire in 1947, but with the help of local printing firms, a four-page newspaper was on the street within a few hours. While the plant was rebuilt, the newspaper was published for several months in Tulsa, Oklahoma and trucked to Springfield.
The newspaper was purchased byGannett in 1977. Morning and afternoon editions were consolidated to become theSpringfield News-Leader in 1987.
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