Laurel Leader-Call
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. |
| Publisher | Judith D. “Skippy” Haik |
| Editor | Rob Sigler |
| Founded | August 11, 1911, as The Laurel Daily Argus |
| Headquarters | 130 Beacon Street Laurel, Mississippi 39440  United States |
| Circulation | 7,819 daily[1] |
| Official website | leadercall.com |
The Laurel Leader-Call is an evening daily newspaper published in Laurel, Mississippi, USA, covering Jones County. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
Laurel's first (and now only) daily, the paper was founded as The Laurel Daily Argus August 11, 1911, by Edgar G. Harris. It later changed its name to the Laurel Daily Leader and, in 1930, the Laurel Leader-Call.[2]
On September 1, 2011, the Laurel Leader-Call announced that it would begin publishing the newspaper on a four-day schedule: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday.[3] The newspaper's website will continue to provide news, features, sports, photos and video on a daily basis.
[edit] References
- ^ CNHI-CAN Circulation, figures for an undetermined date, accessed March 24, 2007.
- ^ "Leadercall.com: History", accessed March 24, 2007.
- ^ Leader-Call to change from 7- to 4-day publication, accessed September 2, 2011.
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