Randall Lane, the chief content officer at Forbes, has left the business news organization.
“We can confirm that Randall Lane is no longer with Forbes,” said a Forbes spokeswoman. “Forbes remains focused on delivering trusted journalism and world-class storytelling across our platforms. We have a strong editorial leadership team in place and will share additional information about future leadership plans when appropriate.”
Kerry Lauerman, executive editor at Forbes, will oversee the editorial operations while the longer-term leadership for the newsroom is put in place.
Lane was responsible for editorial content across all platforms, focusing on integrating editorial content across digital and print, developing more editorial franchises and working with contributors and the Forbes editorial team to develop more multiplatform reporting. He was also editor of Forbes magazine.
Since rejoining Forbes in 2011, Lane had helped the magazine and Forbes.com reach peak levels of readership, developed some of Forbes’ most successful franchises including Forbes’ 30 Under 30 and has delivered exclusive and deep-dive reporting on some of the world’s greatest business minds.
Prior to joining Forbes Media, Lane co-founded and served as editor-in-chief of a half-dozen magazines and related websites, including P.O.V., Trader Monthly and Dealmaker. He was also an early member of The Daily Beast leadership team, serving as editor-at-large.
Lane began his career at Forbes in 1991, and served as reporter, staff writer and Washington bureau chief.
