The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead or more recently The Forum is an American, English language daily newspaper. It is the daily newspaper for Fargo, North Dakota and the surrounding region, including Moorhead, Minnesota. It is the flagship of Forum Communications. The Forum, as it is commonly known, is the primary daily paper for southeast North Dakota, and also much of northwest Minnesota. Its average daily circulation is about 47,100 on Sundays and 37,500 on weekdays. 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.