Forbes is cutting ties with some freelancers
Forbes will stop using freelancers for some types of stories indefinitely and blames the change on a recent update to Google Search policies, reports Mia Sato of The Verge. Sato reports, “In recent days, Forbes has said it will stop hiring freelancers to produce content for its product review section Forbes Vetted, according to a journalist who […]
Forbes names Phillips its new CEO
Forbes Media has named Sherry Phillips, who has been with the company for 28 years, as its new chief executive officer. She replaces Mike Federle, who is stepping down at the end of the year and has been CEO for the past seven years. Phillips was appointed chief revenue officer in 2022, overseeing all aspects of Forbes’ […]
Forbes editorial staffers walk off the job
The Forbes Union, which represents the magazine’s editorial staffers, walked off the job Tuesday on a crucial day for the company, reports Kendall Tietz of Fox News. Tietz reports, “The union issued a warning to management, scheduling its walkout on the same day as the release of Forbes’ well-known ’30 Under 30′ list, which includes 20 lists […]
Bloomberg rises to No. 7 biz news website
Bloomberg News saw strong unique visitor growth to its website in October, passing Fox Business to become the No. 7 business news website, according to data from ComScore. Bloomberg reports a 28 percent gain in unique visitors to 24.8 million in October. While Fox Business grew 8 percent in unique visitors to 22.1 million, it […]
Forbes senior editor Feldman switches to health care
Forbes senior editor Amy Feldman is now covering health care. She had been covering industrial innovation and climate technology. She co-authored the Current Climate newsletter and edits the Next Billion-Dollar Startups list. She’s written features on greenhouse gas smuggling, the founder of HeyDude shoes, the billionaire automating Walmart’s warehouses and Bell Labs’ 1970s ‘Red Father’ chatbot. Before rejoining Forbes in 2016, she wrote for […]
Entertainment industry reporter Voytko-Best departs Forbes
Lisette Voytko-Best, who covered the entertainment industry for Forbes, has left the publication. Voytko-Best is moving to England. “I’m inescapably sad to leave a place that has meant so much professionally, and gutted to no longer work with my talented, hilarious colleagues,” she wrote on LinkedIn. She was a senior entertainment reporter at Forbes focusing on deal […]
Forbes union concerned about potential sale to Koch
The union that represents Forbes editorial staffers sent out the following on Friday: As the members of the Forbes Union, we are dedicated to improving the working conditions of our members and protecting the journalism we practice. Recently, we saw yet another story about a possible sale of Forbes but this time to a deeply […]
Forbes Health ME Hall departs
Alena Hall, managing editor for Forbes Health, has left to to be head of content at Pillar4 Media. She had previously been an assistant assigning editor focusing on health and wellness stories. Hall has been a freelance health writer for VeryWell since May 2020. She also was deputy editor of Swirled and a newsletter writer for […]
Koch PE arm looking to bid for Forbes
Koch Inc.’s private equity arm is in ongoing talks on a bid to buy Forbes in partnership with another individual investor, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer writes, “Koch Equity Development (KED) has a history of successful media investments, including its 2017 deal to back Meredith’s acquisition of Time Inc. with $650 million and its 2018 and 2019 […]
How Forbes dominates Google search results
Lars Lofgren of Stone Press examines how Forbes dominates Google search results through Forbes Marketplace. Lofgren writes, “Forbes has stated that Forbes Marketplace earned $22 million in revenue from Jan 2021 to Sep 2021. Multiplying by a third gives us an estimate of $29 million for all of 2021. Again, traffic was on a huge […]
