| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Sound Publishing |
| Publisher | Eran Kennedy |
| Editor | Christi Olson Baron |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Circulation | 995 (as of 2023) |
| Website | forksforum |
The Forks Forum is a weekly newspaper published on Thursdays serving the city of Forks in the U.S. state of Washington.
History
This newspaper was established in 1931 to serve Forks and the surrounding rural communities of the western Olympic Peninsula. Newspaper publishing on the coast side of the Olympic Peninsula had been underway since 1890.
In 1990, the Forum-Peninsula Herald was sold by Lorraine Maris to Maloney Publishing Co. Maloney also owned the Jimmy Come Lately Gazette in Sequim and the monthly Peninsula Business Journal.
Throughout its history the Forum has been notable as the "Farthest west newspaper in the contiguous United States."
Sound Publishing, a division of Canada-based Black Press Group, purchased The Forks Forum in October 2011 from previous owners Olympic View Publishing Company.
In early 2020, The Forks Forum went entirely digital due to COVID-19 setbacks and returned in May 2020 with a broadsheet format rather than their former tabloid-sized format.
References
- ^ "Sound Publishing Media Kit 2023" (PDF). soundpublishing.com. 2023-04-01. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- ^ "Forks Forum newspaper in Forks Washington - MondoTimes.com". www.mondotimes.com. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ a b Bagwell, Steve; Stapilus, Randy (2013). New Editions: The Northwest's newspapers as they were, are, and will be. Carlton, Oregon: Ridenbaugh Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-945648-10-9. OCLC 861618089.
- ^ "Forks Forum". Sound Publishing, Inc. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ "Ownership Changes". Editor & Publisher. Duncan McIntosh. February 20, 1990. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ^ "Sound Publishing purchases newspapers in Port Angeles, Sequim and Forks". Kent Reporter. 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ Leach, Leah (2020-05-07). "Forks Forum to return". Peninsula Daily News. Retrieved 2020-12-02.