After buying two local weeklies in the region in 1980, Cox Enterprises bought the daily Leader in 1985 from owner/publisher James B. Quigley, who had led the paper since 1937.
After Cox Enterprises purchased two local periodicals in 1980, it expanded its portfolio by acquiring the daily Leader in 1985 from owner/publisher James B. Quigley, who had managed the paper since 1937.