# The Leader Herald

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{{italic title}}{{Infobox newspaper
| name = The Leader Herald
| type = [Daily newspaper](/source/Daily_newspaper)
| owners = [The Daily Gazette Co.](/source/The_Daily_Gazette)
| editor = Miles Reed
| headquarters = 53 Church Street
Gloversville, NY 12078
| circulation = 7,390 Daily
| circulation_date = 2017
| circulation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Newspapers by County |url=https://nynewspapers.com/newspapers-by-county/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121151548/http://nynewspapers.com:80/newspapers-by-county/ |archive-date=2017-11-21 |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=New York Press Association}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|leaderherald.com}}
}}

'''''The Leader Herald''''' is a daily [newspaper](/source/newspaper), serving the upstate [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) [Fulton](/source/Fulton_County%2C_New_York), [Hamilton](/source/Hamilton_County%2C_New_York), and [Montgomery](/source/Montgomery_County%2C_New_York) counties with a strong emphasis on [Fulton County](/source/Fulton_County%2C_New_York). The newspaper headquarters is located in [Gloversville, New York](/source/Gloversville%2C_New_York).

== History ==
A three-part series of articles published by the ''Leader Herald'' in 2017 on the [Ku Klux Klan](/source/Ku_Klux_Klan)'s presence in the community were the subject of criticism. Critics including [Gloversville](/source/Gloversville%2C_New_York) Mayor Dayton King said the article overestimated the number of Klan members in the area, made multiple factual errors, and resembled a "recruiting effort" for the KKK.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-10-10|title=Gloversville Newspaper Faces Backlash Over KKK Series|url=https://www.wamc.org/central-new-york-news/2017-10-10/gloversville-newspaper-faces-backlash-over-kkk-series|access-date=2021-11-02|website=WAMC|language=en|author=Dave Lucas}}</ref>

In 2021, the paper's owner The Nutting Company, which is a owned by [Ogden Newspapers](/source/Ogden_Newspapers), sold it to [The Daily Gazette Co.](/source/The_Daily_Gazette)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cropley |first=John |date=2021-07-13 |title=Daily Gazette of Schenectady to acquire Leader-Herald in Gloversville |url=https://www.dailygazette.com/news/daily-gazette-of-schenectady-to-acquire-leader-herald-in-gloversville/article_64d9b35f-9817-5ec6-bc01-69f11aae3652.html |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=The Daily Gazette |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.leaderherald.com}}

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