Forbes hires Vidhi Choudhary as a news desk reporter
Forbes has hired Vidhi Choudhary as a reporter on its news desk on a contract basis. She will cover the intersection between tech and politics for the upcoming election. She starts on Thursday. Choudhary has spent the last year at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in the master’s program for business and economics journalism. She previously […]
How Forbes adjusted during the pandemic
The Forbes staff talked about how they have adjusted during the pandemic. “You must cut through the fog,” said chief content officer Randall Lane, “deliver the truth, and find news ways to engage.” Added executive editor Kerry Lauerman: “We saw early on how quickly the news cycle was moving, so we doubled the size of our news […]
Forbes adding shoppable videos on its website
Forbes is working with KERV Interactive, a digital ad video platform, to create branded and shoppable content on Forbes.com, reports Sara Guaglione of Publishers Daily. Guaglione reports, “The partnership means Forbes can offer advertisers an opportunity to market individual products throughout a video. Viewers can click on different items in a video, such as a pair of pants someone […]
Forbes hires Haverstock for money & markets team
Forbes has hired Eliza Haverstock to be an assistant editor on its money and markets team. She started this week. Haverstock was a financial writer covering venture capital, startups, and private equity for PitchBook in Seattle. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia where she majored in history and economics. Previously, Haverstock worked as a […]
Rowan joins Forbes Advisor as staff writer
Forbes Advisor has hired Lisa Rowan as a staff writer covering banking and personal finance. Rowan brings 10 years of reporting experience along with more than five years’ experience working as a marketing and communications consultant to the organization. Her bylines include Retail Dive, Racked (now Vox’s The Goods), The Washington Post and CityLab (The […]
Philly Inquirer hires Minaya to lead “Future of Work” project
The Philadelphia Inquirer has hired Forbes corporate finance editor Ezequial Minaya to lead its “Future of Work” project. A post on the Lenfest Institute website states, “Minaya joins The Inquirer from Forbes, where he served as corporate finance editor. Before that, he spent 9 years as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in New York, covering […]
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 […]
