At least three biz news organizations received PPP money

At least three business news organizations received loans from the Paycheck Protection Program, according to the data released Monday. Forbes magazine received a loan between $5 million and $10 million, as did Michigan-based Crain Communications, which operates weekly business newspapers in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and New York as well as industry publications. KC Crain, president […]

Money hires Sharf as real estate editor

Forbes real estate reporter Samantha Sharf is leaving the publication to become the real estate editor at Money. She will start her new job next week. “I want to thank my amazing Forbes colleagues for their smarts, good humor and, most of all, their friendship. It’s been a wild ride. I’ve learned so much,” she wrote on […]

Yardley departing Forbes for Evening Standard

Charles Yardley, the senior vice president and managing director of Forbes in Europe, is leaving to become the chief executive officer of the Evening Standard. Mark Shapland of the Evening Standard writes, “In a 14-year career with Forbes he oversaw the launch of ForbesLife.com, a digital extension of the company’s luxury lifestyle brand. Mr Yardley has […]

Forbes drops Kylie Jenner from billionaires list

Chase Peterson-Withorn and Madeline Berg of Forbes write about why the magazine has dropped Kylie Jenner from its billionaires list. Peterson-Withorn and Berg write, “A more realistic accounting of her personal fortune puts it at just under $900 million, despite the headlines surrounding the Coty deal that seemed to confirm her billionaire status. More than a third of […]

Forbes ends $500 guarantee for contributors

Forbes restructured its pay scale for contributors amid the coronavirus pandemic, ending the $500 guarantee for any writer who had seven posts published per month and reducing the repeat-reader bonus from five cents to one cent, reports Lindsey Ellefson of The Wrap. Ellefson reports, “In an email dated April 21 and reviewed by TheWrap, Rob LaFranco, […]

Forbes wealth reporter Coudriet set to depart

Carter Coudriet, a wealth reporter at Forbes, will be leaving the organization for the Department of Justice’s antitrust division where he will be working as a paralegal specialist. His last day is Tuesday. Coudriet joined Forbes in 2018 as a wealth reporting intern. Later on, he was promoted to the post of assistant editor. Under […]

Forbes hires senior VP of HR and talent management

Forbes announced Monday that it has hired Ali Intres as senior vice president, human resources and talent management. Intres will oversee all facets of HR for Forbes, including recruitment, training and development, benefits administration, culture and inclusion and more. “Ali is an accomplished media and advertising executive who understands our industry and shares our belief […]

Forbes hires Solender to cover politics

Andrew Solender has joined Forbes as its new desk reporter covering politics, including the 2020 election. Recently, Solender held the post of editor-in-chief at The Vassar Insider. Before that, he was a political correspondent for Luminary Media. In addition, he has also served as a contributor at Psychology Today and has interned at MSNBC. He […]

Biz news sites reported big gains in March

The top business news sites saw dramatic increases in unique visitors in March as the markets and the economy began to feel the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, according to comScore data obtained by Talking Biz News. CNBC.com claimed the top spot with 114.7 million users, nearly double the 60 million users it had in […]

Forbes seeks a deputy editor for business

Forbes Media seeks a Deputy Editor to oversee our expanding newsroom in Business coverage. This is a terrific opportunity for a digital-first journalist who wants to work on the front line of our news coverage and who can make big things happen in an organization that champions the entrepreneurial spirit and drive. The Deputy Editor […]