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The Forum of Fargo–Moorhead

Daily newspaper in Fargo, North Dakota

Daily newspaper in Fargo, North Dakota

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nameThe Forum of Fargo–Moorhead
image[[Image:TheForumOfFargoMoorhead.png225pxborder]]
captionThe Forum front page for April 16, 2008
typeDaily newspaper
formatBroadsheet
foundedNovember 17, 1891 (but with heritage dating to 1878)
ownersForum Communications Company
political_positionModerate editorial
headquarters101 5th Street North
Fargo, ND 58102-4826
publishing_cityFargo
publishing_countryUnited States
editorMatthew Von Pinnon
publisherBill Marcil, Jr.
oclc9563116
ISSN0895-1292
circulation10,000 Digital Subscribers {{cite newslast1=McFeelyfirst1=Miketitle=McFeely: InForum passes online subscription milestone
urlhttps://www.inforum.com/opinion/mcfeely-inforum-passes-online-subscription-milestoneaccess-date=December 8, 2025publisher=The Forumdate=October 10, 2020}}
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circulation_date2024
circulation_ref
website

Fargo, ND 58102-4826

34,029 The Forum of Fargo–Moorhead or more recently The Forum is an American, English language newspaper. It is the major newspaper for Fargo, North Dakota and the surrounding region, including Moorhead, Minnesota. It is the flagship and namesake of Forum Communications. The Forum, as it is commonly known, is the primary paper for southeast North Dakota, and also much of northwest Minnesota. Its average daily circulation was about 47,100 on Sundays and 37,500 on Saturdays prior to reducing its print schedule to semi-weekly. The Fargo Forum was first published on November 17, 1891 by Major A. W. Edwards. However, it traces its lineage to The Republican, which had been founded by Edwards in 1878 and merged into the Forum in 1894.

It has been owned by the family of Norman B. Black since 1917. Publisher Bill Marcil, Jr. is the son of Black's great-granddaughter; he is the fifth generation of the family to run the paper and the company. It took its current form in 1966 when it merged with the Moorhead Daily News, which was acquired by The Forum in 1957.

The Forum is also co-owned with TV stations WDAY-TV and WDAZ-TV. It used to own KOYY under the call sign WDAY-FM and WDAY-AM. In spring 2008, ''The Forum'''s news staff merged with WDAY-AM's news team, forming one of the first joint radio-print news-gathering operations in the country. This ended in 2025 when the Forum sold WDAY-AM.

In 2015, higher education reporter Grace Lyden won the NDNA's Rookie of the Year award for her "bulldog tenacity."

In 2020, the newspaper reduced its print schedule to Wednesdays and Saturdays due to economic stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

References

  1. "Minnesota Newspaper Directory 2024".
  2. "About The Forum". [[Library of Congress]].
  3. (2015-08-14). "FORUM OF FARGO-MOORHEAD". Forum Communications Company.
  4. (April 17, 2017). "Family observes 100 years of Forum ownership". The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead.
  5. "The Fargo forum, daily republican, and Moorhead daily news.". [[Library of Congress]].
  6. Roepke, Dave. (2008-01-19). "Forum, radio team up". [[Forum Communications Company]].
  7. "News/Photography/Special".
  8. (26 May 2020). "Von Pinnon: The Forum will soon print newspapers twice a week and move to all-mail delivery".
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