STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION 001779149r1 (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685) Title of Publication: The Bemidji Pioneer Publication No. 144-840; Date of Filing: September 27, 2018; Frequency of Issue: Daily; Number of Issues Published Annually: 260; Annual Subscription: $175.45, Complete Mailing Address of Known Office of Publication: 1320 Neilson Ave. SE Bemidj, Beltrami County, MN 56601-5406 (headquarters: 101 5th St N., Fargo, ND 58102-4826) Names and Addresses of Pubisher and Editor. Dennis Doeden, 1320 Neilson Ave. SE, Bemidji, Beltrami County, MN 56601-5406, Publisher; Matt Cory, 1320 Neilson Ave. SE, Bemidji, Beltrami County, MN 56601 5406, Editor. Owner (If owned by a corporation, its name and address must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stock holders owning or holding 1 percent or more of total amount of stock) Forum Communications Company, 101 5th Street North, Fargo, North Dakota 58102-4826, (Jane Black Marcil & Wiliam C. Marcil, Trustees, 101 5th Street North, Fargo, North Dakota 58102-4826). Known bondholders, mortgages and other security holders owning or holding 1 percent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other securities: None Average No. Copies Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months SingleIssue Published Nearest to Filing Date 8/3118 EXTENT AND NATURE OF CIRCULATION A. TOTAL NO. COPIES (Net Press Rum) B. PAID CIRCULATION (Mail and Outside the Mail) 5422 1.) Mailed Outside-County Paid Subscriptions 2) Mailed In-County Paid Subscriptions 3) Paid Distribution Outside the Mail 4.) Paid Distribution by Other Classes of Mail 296 163 4310 290 160 4271 C, TOTAL PAID DISTRIBUTION D. FREE OR NOMINAL RATE DISTRIBUTION 4769 4721 1.)Free or Nominal Rate Outside County Copies Included on PS from 3541 11 2)Free or Nominal Rate In-County Copies Included on PS fom 3541 3.) Free or Nominal Rate Copies Maled at Other Classes through USPS 0 4) Free orNominal Rate Distribution Outside the Mail 25 36 4805 617 5422 99.25% 25 36 4757 326 5083 99.24% E. TOTAL FREE OR NOMINAL RATE DISTRIBUTION F. TOTAL DISTRIBUTION (Sum of 15c and 15e) G. COPIES NOT DISTRIBUTED H. TOTAL (Sum of F and G) I. PERCENT PAID ELECTRONIC COPY CIRCULATION A. PAID ELECTRONIC COPIES B. TOTAL PAID PRINT COPIES+PAID ELECTRONIC COPIES C. TOTAL PRINT DISTRIBUTION PAID ELECTRONIC COPIES D. PERCENT PAID 82 4851 4887 99.26% 97 4818 4854 99.26% Certify that the above statements made by me are correct and complete. Dennis Doeden, Publisher