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{{CTD periodical
|title=Plain Dealer, The
|title to show=The Plain Dealer
|origin=Brooklyn, Ohio, USA
|description=The newspaper was established in January 1842 when two brothers, Joseph William Gray and Admiral Nelson Gray, took over The Cleveland Advertiser and changed its name to The Plain Dealer. 
When the Gray brothers began publishing their newspaper in 1842, they wrote an explanation of their choice of name; after a discussion of several other possible names, they wrote, "but our democracy and modesty suggest the only name that befits the occasion, the PLAIN DEALER." The phrase means "someone who interacts or does business straightforwardly and honestly". {{ctd-source|WP}}
|short description=The Plain Dealer is the major newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio; it is a major national newspaper.
|approximate lifetime=1842-
|wikipedia=The Plain Dealer
}}