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 […]
ForbesBooks launching nightly radio show in 200 markets
ForbesBooks, the recently-formed publishing partnership between Advantage Media Group and Forbes, announced Monday the launch of a nationally-syndicated radio feature. The nightly feature will premiere the week of April 24 with the show “Your Nightly Fix of Forbes,” a talk show featuring people from business, finance, entrepreneurship, health care, law and leadership. “Your Nightly Fix of Forbes” will be […]
How Forbes’ new story format caters to the Snapchat crowd
Linda Tucci of TechTarget.com writes about how Forbes’ new mobile website and story format caters to the Snapchat crowd. Tucci writes, “In its ongoing quest to remain viable, Forbes, like many of its media peers, is taking an intense interest in Millennial readers, Howard said — in particular, the way in which they access digital content (with […]
Forbes Media owner could be selling majority stake
Acquisitive Chinese conglomerate HNA Group is in talks to buy a controlling stake in the owner of the publisher of Forbes magazine, reports Julie Zhu of Reuters. Zhu reports, “Hong Kong-based investor group Integrated Whale Media Investments (IWM), which holds 95 percent of Forbes Media, is also in talks with another Chinese media firm and is scouting for […]
Forbes launches edition in Finland
Forbes announced Monday the launch of Forbes Finland, its first international edition in Nordic countries, in partnership with SK Media Finland. The Finnish-language monthly edition, with a circulation of 70,000, will be distributed across Finland beginning on March 28. The digital app version will launch in May, followed by live events and conferences starting in […]
What’s behind Forbes new mobile app
Lucinda Southern of Digiday interviewed Forbes chief product officer Lewis Dvorkin about its new mobile application, which was rolled out this week. Here is an excerpt: Why did you choose to design the product this way? I don’t believe in native content apps. The average American has 1.5 news apps; it’s never going to be Forbes. But this […]
Forbes rolls out new mobile site with faster download
Forbes on Tuesday is beginning the public roll out of its new mobile site, which it says loads in 0.8 seconds, down from anywhere from 3 to 12 seconds on its current mobile site, reports Joseph Lichterman of the Nieman Lab. Lichterman writes, “As part of its new mobile site, Forbes is introducing a new story format […]
Forbes seeks deputy editor for leadership coverage
Forbes Media seeks a Deputy Editor, Leadership, to be a vital participant in our expanding newsroom in the era of social media. The Deputy Editor will work directly with the Leadership Editor and other editors, reporters, producers, and more in overseeing Forbes’ Leadership Channel for its audience of more than 30 million monthly visitors. He […]
Forbes seeks deputy business editor
Forbes Media seeks a Deputy Business Editor to be a leader in our expanding newsroom for the era of social media. The Deputy Editor will work directly with top editors to identify, recruit and manage freelance contributors and topic experts across a range of industries to be part of our industry-leading contributor model. The editor […]
How Forbes has begun targeting millennials
Sami Main of Adweek writes about how Forbes magazine has pivoted its content to where now nearly half of its readers are millennials. Main writes, “While Forbes magazine publishes 15 times a year, the Forbes website sees about 56 million visitors a month. Nearly half are considered part of a millennial demographic. “More than 50 percent, and sometimes up […]
