''The Maryville Forum'' is a weekly newspaper published Thursdays in Maryville, Missouri, United States. In June 2021, the newspaper was purchased by Ken and Traci Garner via their publishing company Garner Media Holdings, LLC from former owners Phil and Chaundee Cobb of Cobb Publishing. Previously, the newspaper, also formerly known as "Maryville Daily Forum" was acquired by its former general manager Phil Cobb via his Cobb Publishing company from GateHouse Media in December 2013. In addition to Maryville, ''The Maryville Forum'' covers Nodaway County, Missouri, and surrounding areas.

Newspaper merger history

The Forum in its current form is the result of a merger of the following papers. *Nodaway Democrat (established 1869) *Maryville Republican (established 1869) *Maryville Tribune (established 1893) *Nodaway Forum (established 1901)

History

The newspaper traces its roots to the ''Nodaway Democrat'' published in 1869 by future Missouri Governor

Albert P. Morehouse Albert Pickett Morehouse (July 11, 1835 – September 23, 1891) was the 26th Governor of Missouri from 1887 to 1889. Biography Morehouse was born in Delaware County, Ohio and moved to Maryville, Missouri, in 1856. He was admitted to the bar ...

. Morehouse 1865 published the ''Maryville Gazette'' which was just a list of taxes due. In 1869 he launched a more ambitious newspaper. In the early 1900s William C. Van Cleve, publisher of the '' Moberly Monitor-Index'', merged the ''Democrat'' with the ''Nodaway Forum'' which had been established on October 24, 1901 by future Congressman

Charles J. Colden Charles J. Colden (August 24, 1870 – April 15, 1938) was a 20th-century California politician who served in the Los Angeles City Council and from 1933 to 1938 as a member of the U.S. Congress. Biography Colden was born on a farm in Peoria ...

and the paper was called the ''Maryville Democrat-Forum''. Maryville-daily-forum

In 1929

Oscar S. Stauffer Oscar Stanley Stauffer (November 26, 1886 – February 24, 1982) was founder of the media company Stauffer Communications and is often credited with starting the bandwagon for Kansas Governor Alf Landon getting the Republican nomination for Presi ...

bought the paper and changed the name to the ''Maryville Daily Forum''. Marion W. Stauffer (no relation to Oscar) was the paper's publisher from 1929 until 1966. The ''Forum'' was one of Stauffer's first acquisitions in the Stauffer Communications empire that would eventually cover 11 states. The paper's other owners have included Morris Communications (which in turn sold it to GateHouse). Phil Cobb bought the newspaper from Gatehouse in 2013. In 2017 he converted it to a weekly newspaper coming out on Thursdays. Cobb had worked at the Forum for Gatehouse but left 2012 to form a competing newspaper to keep local advertising in the community rather than going to the corporate parent. In June 2021 Ken and Traci Garner purchased the paper from Cobb keeping it locally owned. The paper's office from 1941 to 1971 was just off the Nodaway County Square at 414 North Main. In 1971 they moved to a location on South Main. On August 31, 2011, the wall of the original North Main building (which had been taken over by a bar called The Pub) collapsed. Currently the newspaper office is located at 111 E. Jenkins St. in Maryville, Missouri.

Movie

In 2021 the movie Below the Fold written and directed by Grant City, Missouri native Clayton Scott told of a fictional account of two Forum reporters investigating a murder in Skidmore, Missouri. The film included filming at the Forum offices.https://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/article256084667.html

References

External links

maryvilleforum.com
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