Forbes hires Hallett-Chan as design director
Forbes has hired Alicia Hallett-Chan as design director to lead visual and immersive storytelling experiences across all Forbes platforms. Hallett-Chan, who previously served as creative director for The New York Times’ T-Brand Studio, will work with Forbes’ journalists and creative team to bring stories to life in the most visual and engaging ways possible, through […]
Forbes is launching an on-demand digital video network
Jamie Gavin of FIPP interviewed Forbes CEO Mike Federle about its latest expansion into video. Gavin writes, “The publication’s latest innovation comes in the form of Forbes8, an on-demand digital video network brimming with expert content designed to help the next wave of entrepreneurs take their first steps into the business sphere. And that is […]
Forbes Hungary recalls issue due to privacy ruling
The latest issue of the Hungarian edition of Forbes magazine has been recalled from newsstands due to a court ruling regarding privacy concerns, the magazine said Wednesday. An Associated Press story states, “According to a statement from Forbes, the owners of Hell Energy, a Hungarian energy drink manufacturer, objected to their inclusion on the magazine’s […]
Forbes promotes Sibley to chief revenue officer
Forbes announced Thursday the appointment of Jessica Sibley to the position of chief revenue officer. Sibley, who has served as the company’s chief sales officer, will oversee revenue operations, including Forbes’ industry-leading BrandVoice, Insights and ForbesLive platforms, as well as all direct sales, programmatic, paid social, brand strategy, integrated marketing, demand-gen, licensing and more. Sibley, […]
Forbes names new chief product and tech officers, chief digital officer departs
Forbes announced Thursday the appointments of Nina Gould as chief product officer and Vadim Supitskiy as chief technology officer. Gould and Supitskiy are Forbes veterans who oversaw a redesign of the company’s platforms, driven deeper engagement with audiences and with marketing partners, and managed the company’s migration to the cloud. “Digital is the engine that […]
Forbes.com reports record months in October, November
Forbes.com established back-to-back records for monthly unique visitors in North America of 74.6 million and 76.4 million in October and November, respectively, according to comScore data. “Our brand has never had more impact,” said CEO Mike Federle in a video. “Our audience has never been bigger.” Federle pointed to editorial expansion in key verticals such […]
Forbes acquires Quantalytics AI Labs for an undisclosed amount
The end of 2019 has seen Forbes Media closing a major deal. The business media company has acquired a majority stake in Quantalytics AI Labs, a service that uses artificial intelligence to predict the performance of different kinds of financial instruments. These include stocks, ETFs and cryptocurrencies. However, the terms of the deal were not […]
Longtime biz journalist Pinkerton dies at 76
Stewart Pinkerton, a longtime business journalist who worked at The Wall Street Journal and was later managing editor at Forbes, died Monday at the age of 76. Pinkerton was an engaging and congenial colleague and a fine journalist, widely admired for his deft touch as a writer as well as for his mentoring of younger […]
Forbes hires editors to oversee small biz, CIO and CFO sections
Forbes chief content officer Randall Lane announced Friday the appointments of senior editors who will direct and lead coverage of Forbes’ Small Business, CIO and CFO sections. Maneet Ahuja, recently a senior editor for CNBC and an Under 30 alumnus, joins as small business senior editor. Martin Giles, the former San Francisco bureau chief for […]
How Forbes transformed itself into a digital brand
Jon Watkins of Fipp writes about how Forbes magazine transformed itself from a print brand into a digital brand. Watkins writes, “Forbes CEO Mike Federle says his organisation’s approach was similar. ‘Forbes has been really well documented as one of the first successful digital transformations,’ he says. ‘Over the past ten years, the declines in our […]
