Lexington Herald-Leader
The June 1, 2012 front page of the Lexington Herald-Leader | |
| Type | Daily newspaper (Wednesday, Friday, Sundy print distribution) |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | The McClatchy Company |
| Editor | Richard Green |
| Staff writers | 143 |
| Founded | 1870 (as the Lexington Daily Press) |
| Headquarters | 100 Midland Avenue Lexington, Kentucky 40508 United States |
| Circulation | 34,888 Daily 68,545 Sunday (as of 2017) |
| ISSN | 0745-4260 |
| Website | kentucky |
The Lexington Herald-Leader is a newspaper owned by the McClatchy Company and based in Lexington, Kentucky. According to the 1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook, the paid circulation of the Herald-Leader 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. It had also been a finalist in six other Pulitzer awards in the 22-year period up until its sale in 2006, a record that was unsurpassed by any mid-sized newspaper in the United States during the same time frame.