# Leader-Telegram

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{{Short description|Newspaper in Eau Claire, Wisconsin}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name             = Leader-Telegram
| type             = [Daily newspaper](/source/Daily_newspaper)
| owners           = [Adams MultiMedia](/source/Adams_MultiMedia)
| publisher        = Paul Gaier
| editor           = Matt Milner
| founded          = 1881
| headquarters     = 701 S. Farwell St, Eau Claire, WI
| circulation      = 14,034
| circulation_date = 2022
| circulation_ref  = <ref>{{Cite book |title=2023 Wisconsin Newspaper Directory |publisher=Wisconsin Newspaper Association |year=2023}}</ref>
| website          = {{URL|leadertelegram.com}}
}}

The '''''Leader-Telegram''''' is a daily newspaper published in [Eau Claire, Wisconsin](/source/Eau_Claire%2C_Wisconsin), by [Adams MultiMedia](/source/Adams_MultiMedia). It was founded in 1881 and is read throughout [Eau Claire County](/source/Eau_Claire_County%2C_Wisconsin) and surrounding counties.

The [Buckshot Run](/source/Buckshot_Run) is named after Leader-Telegram sports-writer Ron Buckli.<ref>{{cite news |work=Leader-Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) |last=McGraw |first=Dennis |title=Strong thread runs through runners' tale |date=7 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Leader-Telegram |last=Wachter |first=Blythe |title=Leader-Telegram Buckshot Run hits 30-year mark |date=1 September 2012}}</ref>

== History ==
Adams Publishing acquired the ''Leader-Telegram'' from the Graaskamp and Atkinson families, which had owned the paper since 1887.<ref name=":0" />

As of 2013, the paper has a daily circulation of nearly 30,000 during the week and a circulation rate of nearly 40,000 for the Sunday paper.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web| last = Giffey| first = Tom| title = Farewell, Family Ownership| work = Volume One| access-date = 2017-10-28| date = 2017-06-14| url = http://volumeone.org/articles/2017/06/14/19496_farewell_family_ownership}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[List of newspapers in Wisconsin](/source/List_of_newspapers_in_Wisconsin)

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{Official website|1=http://www.leadertelegram.com}}

Category:Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Category:Newspapers published in Wisconsin
Category:Newspapers established in 1881
Category:1881 establishments in Wisconsin

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