In 1937, the owner of the "Leader", John Stoll, purchased the "Herald". The papers continued as independent entities for 46 years. Despite the common ownership, the two papers had different editorial stances; the "Herald" was moderately liberal while the "Leader" was conservative. The two newspapers published a combined Sunday edition. In 1973, both were purchased by "Knight Newspapers", which merged with "Ridder Publications" to form Knight Ridder the following year. A decade later, in 1983, the "Herald" and "Leader" merged to form today's "Lexington Herald-Leader". In 1985, publisher Creed Black allowed reporters to publish a series of articles which exposed widespread corruption within the University of Kentucky's Wildcats men's basketball team. From 1979 to 1991, the paper was edited by John Carroll, who went on to edit "The Baltimore Sun" and the "Los Angeles Times".