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 […]
Forbes promotes staffers to senior editors, associate editors
Forbes chief content officer Randall Lane sent out the following to his staff on Friday: Team, Hope everyone had a healthy and interesting week. Our production continues to amaze, as we approach near-record level amounts of articles and audience on pretty much a daily basis. It’s of course a paradox of journalism – history’s first-draft […]
Mandaro to join The Information as an editor
Laura Mandaro, assistant managing editor for technology at Forbes, is leaving the publication to join technology news site The Information as an editor. She will start her new job in a week. She has been at Forbes since October 2018. Mandaro oversees Forbes staff reporters for technology, venture capital, health care and future of industry […]
Business Insider hires D’Onfro as enterprise technology editor
Business Insider has hired Jillian D’Onfro from Forbes to be its enterprise technology editor. D’Onfro started last week. She will run the vertical alongside Matt Weinberger, who launched the section. The section covers enterprise software companies, cloud computing, developer tools, and more. D’Onfro was previously a staff writer at Forbes, where she reported on Google and the rest […]
Forbes hires Jeans to cover tech
Forbes has hired reporter David Jeans to join its technology team. “ I’m very excited to get started with such a stellar tech team (from my bedroom office for now),” he wrote on Twitter. “Also a shoutout to the team at @trdny who taught me the ropes of business reporting — I’ll sure miss them.” […]
