Yahoo Finance increases lead among biz news sites

Yahoo Finance was the only top five business news website to see an increase in unique visitors in April, according to data from ComScore. The site, which unveiled a redesign earlier this year, reported 105 million unique visitors in April, up 2 percent from 102.9 million in March. No. 2 Forbes reported a slight decrease […]

Forbes hires Pastis as a reporter

Stephen Pastis

Forbes has hired Stephen Pastis as a reporter. He previously was at the Tampa Bay Business Journal covering technology and innovation. He previously was an intern at Fortune magazine. Pastis also worked at The State, a newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, as an intern. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina.

Fortune hires del Castillo as a senior reporter

Fortune magazine has hired Michael del Castillo as a senior reporter to cover banks with a focus on how new tech is changing Wall Street. He has been at Forbes for the past five years covering cryptocurrencies. Del Castillo joined Forbes from CoinDesk, where he covered cryptocurrency and blockchain applications since March 2016. Before that, del Castillo was a […]

Stoller hired as editorial director of Fortune Live Media

Kristin Stoller has been hired as an editorial director of Fortune Live Media. She was most recently a senior editor at Forbes, where she spearheaded the brand’s flagship 30 Under 30 features, lists, events, and newsletters. For the Under 30 global summits, she organized, programmed, and moderated their events featuring prominent thought leaders. Stoller also served as […]

Forbes journalist in Russia placed under house arrest

Sergei Mingazov

A Russian court on Saturday placed Sergei Mingazov, a journalist for the Russian edition of Forbes, under house arrest, reports Claudia Chiappa of Politico. Chiappa reports, “Mingazov was detained Friday on charges of spreading false information about the Russian military, his lawyer Konstantin Bubon said on Facebook. “Bubon said the journalist was arrested for reposting publications about what happened in […]

Ad agency execs express concerns about Forbes

Advertising agencies are expressing concern about doing business with Forbes after it was disclosed that it operated a subdomain for years, reports Kayleigh Barber of Digiday. Barber reports, “Early findings showed 20% of Ebiquity’s client budgets spent on Forbes inventory went to the subdomain, according to chief strategy officer Ruben Schreurs, but he added that he cannot […]

Company buys 40% stake in Forbes Africa

Forbes Africa

Emerald Group, through Media54 — its subsidiary focused on English-speaking African countries — has acquired a 40% equity stake in ABN Publishing, the publisher behind Forbes Africa. Emerald Group has previously launched Forbes Lusophone Africa, targeting Portuguese-speaking countries on the continent. “This investment is another stepping stone in our commitment and long-term strategy for Africa,” […]

Union says Forbes pay gap has worsened

Unionized journalists of color at Forbes magazine continue to be paid less than their white counterparts, and that divide has widened, according to a new study by Forbes Union and The NewsGuild of New York. In its second year analyzing newsroom worker data, the Forbes Union’s pay equity study looked at the earnings of 111 […]

Forbes had alternate website packed with ads

Forbes for years ran an alternate version of its website where it packed ads that were intended to run on Forbes.com, reports Patience Haggin of The Wall Street Journal. Haggin writes, “Ad-buyers said the ads on the alternate site weren’t worth what they paid because they reached a different audience and appeared on overcrowded pages. “When brands […]

Santillana moves to careers beat at Forbes

Forbes reporter Maria Gracia Santillana is moving to the careers beat. She has been a reporter on the Money team covering cryptocurrency, NFTs, blockchain technology. Santillana has also co-edited the 30 Under 30 Retail and E-commerce and Food & Drink lists. She has been at Forbes since June 2022. Santillana holds a bachelor’s degree from New York […]