Potter Leader-Enterprise

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Potter Leader-Enterprise
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)Community Media Group / Tioga Publishing Group
PublisherPhilip Husick II
EditorRecommended
Founded1875
Headquarters6 2nd Street, Coudersport, Pennsylvania United States
Circulation 6,000
ISSN 0895-6839
OCLC number 16729019
Website tiogapublishing.com/potter_leader_enterprise/

The Potter Leader-Enterprise is an American weekly newspaper serving Coudersport, Pennsylvania, with a circulation of over 6,000 copies. [1] It is published weekly on Wednesdays. [2] The paper is owned by Community Media Group, Inc.

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History

The Potter Enterprise was founded by F. W, Knox and W. W. Thompson and several others in 1875. [3] The paper had 24 stockholders, residents of county holding 151 shares. [3] [4] By 1880, W.W. Thompson became sole owner of the paper's shares. [3] The paper was purchased by David Butterworth in December 1886. [5] Butterworth had previously published the Potter County Journal for 9 years. Under his "clever management" Potter Enterprise became the leading paper in the county. [4]

Butterworth died suddenly in 1901 [6] and his son sold the paper to M.J. Ostrander, who made the paper into a strict Republican newspaper. [7] M.T. Stokes joined the paper as publisher and editor around 1903 and became known for his "aggressive politics and fearless opposition to many interests, business and political." [8] Stokes made many enemies during his time at the paper, and is reported to have been kicked down by a bank president, horsewhipped by a woman, and paddled by a printer. [8] There were also numerous libel suits against the paper while it was under Stokes. [9] Things became so bad that in 1913, "political antagonists" set off dynamite in the Potter Enterprise printing plant. [10] Stokes ran for Congress as a Washington Party candidate in 1914, but was labeled as a joke. [11] Stokes was accused of blackguardism when he used the Potter Enterprise to abuse his Congressional opponent. [12] In 1920, Stokes sold his interests in the paper in 1920, and the Potter Enterprise continued to be the top paper in the county. [8]

Stokes sold the paper to A.A. Bernard and William Fish, who were owners of the rival Potter Democrat. [9] The paper stayed with the Fish family for a number of years. Bill Fish Jr. became co-owner of the paper in 1957, along with his wife Jill, [13] after having worked at the paper since he was in high school. [14] In 1958, the Enterprise acquired the Galeton Leader Dispatch. [15] After Bill Fish Jr. died in 1977, [14] Jill remained as the publisher of the paper until she sold it in 1983. [13] The paper was purchase by Stauffer Media, though Fish Sr.'s grandson, Paul Heimel, was appointed editor of the paper. [16] In 1986, Heimel left the Enterprise to work at the Potter County Leader and soon after, the Leader Publishing Company purchased the Enterprise. [16] The paper was renamed as the Potter Leader-Enterprise.

The paper was purchased by Community Media Group and is operated under its Tioga Publishing Group. [17] In 2017, Philip Husick II was named Publisher for the Tioga Publishing Group.

In 2018, The Potter Leader-Enterprise was named one of the eight best newspapers in Pennsylvania. [18]

Notable Coverage

In 2010, The Potter Leader-Enterprise broke the news that the company Adelphia Communications Corporation was involved in illegal activity. The paper published a full securities filing that detailed illegal activities by the company and founder John Rigas and his sons. [19] John Rigas and one of his sons, Timothy, were sentenced to 15 and 20 years of prison, respectively.

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  7. ↑ "Kent Butterworth Sells Potter Enterprise". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  8. 1 2 3 "Sells His Paper after Stormy Career as Editor". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  9. 1 2 "Potter Enterprise Sold". The Wellsboro Gazette Combined with Mansfield Advertiser. 28 January 1920.
  10. ↑ "Try to Wreck Newspaper in Coudersport". Star-Gazette. 2 October 1913.
  11. ↑ "Stokes a Joke as a Congressional Candidate". Williamsport Sun-Gazette. 22 October 1914.
  12. ↑ "Blackguardism". The Kane Republican. 16 April 1912.
  13. 1 2 "Jill Carlson Fish". TiogaPublishing.com. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  14. 1 2 "William Delos Fish". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  15. ↑ "Galeton Paper Sold to Potter County Enterprise". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  16. 1 2 "21 Aug 1987, 3 - Star-Gazette at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  17. ↑ "Tioga Publishing names new publisher". TiogaPublishing.com. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  18. ↑ "Leader-Enterprise Named One Of Eight Best Newspapers In Pennsylvania". TiogaPublishing.com. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
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