[1] In addition to the Houston Heights it is distributed to other northwest Houston communities, including Garden Oaks and Oak Forest.
[2] Anne Sloan, author of Houston Heights, wrote that circa the 1950s The Leader was "floundering".
[1] At one point a man with the family name Burge acquired the publication, and according to Sloan Burge "brought" the publication "back to life in 1957.
"[1] The man's son, Terry Burge,[1] became the owner and publisher of the newspaper, serving in that role from circa 1970 to 2012.
[2] In summer 2022, California-based Street Media (CEO Brian Calle) bought The Leader along with McElvy Media's other assets, The Greensheet, The Fort Bend Star, Texas Printers, and The Charlotte Weekly.