Scotland remembers the founder of Forbes
Danny McKay of the Aberdeen Evening Express in Scotland writes about Bertie Charles Forbes, who founded Forbes magazine 100 years ago and was from Scotland. McKay writes, “Bertie initially found work with the city’s Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin and his success there caught the eye of industry mogul William Randolph Hearst who hired him […]
Forbes’ 100th anniversary celebrates empowering success in people
Forbes editor Randall Lane and Moira Forbes, executive vice president of Forbes Media and publisher of ForbesWoman, spoke on Cheddar on Wednesday morning about the publication’s 100th anniversary. Forbes is the great-granddaughter of B.C. Forbes, who founded the magazine in 1917. “What’s so extraordinary is that his vision has lasted 100 years,” said Forbes. “It […]
When Forbes pressured a reporter to take down a Google story
Kashmir Hill, a former Forbes reporter, writes for Gizmodo about when she was forced to take down a story about Google’s “Plus 1” social buttons. Hill writes, “Google never challenged the accuracy of the reporting. Instead, a Google spokesperson told me that I needed to unpublish the story because the meeting had been confidential, and […]
Zalatimo of Forbes on the future of video
Salah Zalatimo, head of product and tech at Forbes, joined members of Digiday+ on Thursday for a Slack town hall. Here are some excerpts: Vertical video “I see vertical video as the future of mobile video. We have seen 15 to 25 percent higher click-to-play on vertical video. We are currently reformatting some of our […]
Steve Forbes on how Forbes magazine has survived and thrived
Steve Forbes is chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media. His grandfather, Bertie Charles Forbes, started Forbes magazine in 1917. His new book, “Reviving America: How Repealing Obamacare, Replacing the Tax Code and Reforming The Fed will Restore Hope and Prosperity” co-authored by Elizabeth Ames came out in December. He writes editorials for each issue of […]
Forbes is improving its mobile experience
Ross Benes of Digiday writes about how Forbes is boosting its mobile experience. Benes writes, “The publisher is making headway, though. It rolled out a new mobile site in January — a so-called Progressive Web App backed by Google — that cut down the average amount of time it takes to render content to 2.5 seconds from 6.5. The PWA doesn’t […]
Why entrepreneurs identify with Forbes magazine
Nick Gillespie and Austin Bragg of Reason interviewed Steve Forbes on the 100th anniversary of Forbes magazine. Here is an excerpt: Gillespie: What is the essential role that Forbes Magazine plays now? And where do you see it in the next 100 years? Forbes: I think we’re unique from other business publications. I think this is one reason why, around […]
How Forbes has overhauled its mobile experience
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer at Forbes, writes about how the magazine has overhauled its mobile experience. Dvorkin writes, “With our new desktop pages and mobile web app, officially called a Progressive Web App, we upended our thinking and rebuilt our technology house to produce some of the fastest loading pages on the Internet. […]
Forbes.com seeks health care content producer
Forbes Media seeks a Content Producer to support the health care channel of Forbes.com. This person will work with the Senior Editor for health care and pharma to recruit and manage a network of freelance contributors who write on a variety of health care topics, in addition to providing assistance on long-term projects like the creation of […]
Forbes on how Forbes has survived 100 years
Steve Forbes, chairman and editor in chief of Forbes Media, told attendees at FreedomFest about how his grandfather B.C. Forbes turned down tens of millions of dollars to sell the publication in 1927 before he nearly lost the company three years later in the Great Depression. Paul Dykewicz of StockInvestor.com writes, “To respond to the proliferation […]
