Forbes now has 35 million social media followers
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer at Forbes, writes Thursday about the business magazine’s social media strategy. Dvorkin writes, “Each month, some 50 million people visit Forbes.com, up from about 15 million seven years ago, when we took bold steps to change our content and ad models. Our magazine’s readership is up strongly, too, even as […]
Jurney leaving Forbes for Capitol Forum
Corinne Jurney, the senior investing producer at Forbes, is leaving for a job with The Capitol Forum in Washington. She’ll be a consumer protection correspondent, starting Aug. 1. Jurney will be the second traditional journalist to join the company’s corporate investigations team, working closely with Jeff Bliss, who’s the first. “Forbes is doing really exciting things in its […]
Forbes editor Lane talks about its 100th anniversary
Thursday marked 100 days until the 100th anniversary of Forbes magazine’s first issue. To celebrate the upcoming centennial issue, Forbes is featuring some of its favorite covers and stories, focusing on innovation and entrepreneurship. Forbes editor Randall Lane joined “CBS This Morning” to discuss the magazine’s history and focus on the people behind the stories.
Forbes moves Drange to Trump business beat
Forbes tech reporter Matt Drange has been moved to a beat covering the businesses of President Donald Trump. He will be focused on Trump’s business dealings — not politics — and the money behind the president. Drange has been in the San Francisco bureau, covering tech and money and power in Silicon Valley. He expects […]
BuzzFeed hires tech reporter Mac from Forbes
BuzzFeed tech editor John Paczkowski sent out the following announcement to the staff: I’m very excited to announce that Ryan Mac is joining the Tech Desk as a senior technology reporter. He’s going to be covering the nexus of power, wealth and technology simmering in Silicon Valley. He’s also going to keep his eye on the […]
Forbes seeks a tech reporter in San Francisco
Forbes is looking for a Staff Writer to join its tech reporting team in San Francisco. This is a key position covering Silicon Valley and one of the most exciting and dynamic sectors of the economy, with a focus on marquee companies including Amazon, Apple, Google or Uber, depending on the candidate’s strengths and interests […]
Business news publishers see traffic spike from LinkedIn
Business news companies are seeing a traffic spike from LinkedIn, writes Max Willens of Digiday. Willens writes, “Forbes — which has over 4 million followers on LinkedIn and is adding about 150,000 new followers per month — recently had a record month in April on the platform, with over 1 million clicks on its stories, according to Lewis […]
Senior editor Fisher leaves Forbes
Daniel Fisher, a senior editor at Forbes who covered finance and law, has left the publication to pursue other opportunities. Fisher left last week. Fisher was the Southwest bureau manager for Forbes in Houston from 1999 to 2003, when he returned home to Connecticut for a Knight fellowship at Yale Law School, where he concentrated […]
The business of covering billionaires
Libby Copeland of The Washington Post writes about how business media coverage of billionaires is big business. Copeland writes, “The cottage industry of wealth-ranking lists turns out to be as marked by ambition, insularity and one-upmanship as the lives of the billionaires it chronicles. The biggest rivalry is between Forbes and Bloomberg. For years, Forbes released […]
Forbes to launch edition in Italy
Forbes announced Thursday the launch of Forbes Italy in partnership with Blue Financial Communication SpA, a digital and media company. The Italian-language monthly magazine will have a circulation of 100.000, will be distributed in Italian-speaking markets, including Italy, Monaco and Switzerland. A website, forbesitalia.com, will launch this summer, followed by Forbes Italy magazine in the […]
