Bloomberg staffers upset about Forbes’ billionaires list
Bloomberg staffers who work on its list of billionaires are upset that they didn’t receive credit on the Forbes’ billionaires list for the lower valuation of Christy Walton’s wealth, reports Keith Kelly of the New York Post. Kelly writes, “Bloomberg writers David De Jong and Tom Metcalf, however, broke the news in November that Walton […]
How Forbes digital revenue grew
Mumbrella Asia’s editor Robin Hicks spoke with Forbes chief revenue officer Mark Howard about its strategy. Here is an excerpt: Mark, 70 per cent of Forbes’ ad revenue now comes from digital. Can you explain how that shift has come about? We launched the first Forbes website in 1996. We ran the print and digital business separately. We had […]
Forbes launches tech podcast The Premise
Managing editor Bruce Upbin of Forbes writes about the start of its new tech podcast The Premise. Upbin writes, “With interviews, features and audio op-eds, The Premise is for and about the people who buy and sell technology for a living. Sometimes we’ll talk about consumer gadgets, but this is mostly a business show because we’re […]
Forbes magazine seeks copy chief
Forbes Media is currently seeking a Copy Chief. The Copy Chief oversees all copy-editing and final editorial production for Forbes Magazine, and its related products, including Forbes Asia magazine, digital editions and bookazines and other material as requested. S/He will implement and manage a system, manage a staff, possess a positive, a can-do attitude, and […]
Forbes Africa reporter receives U.S. fellowship
A reporter for Forbes Africa has been named the recipient of a fellowship that will give him training and experience in the United States this summer. Forbes Media partnered with U.S. journalism foundation Alfred Friendly Press Partners to offer an editorial fellowship in the U.S. to a reporter from one of Forbes’ local licensed editions around […]
Ad blocking experiment hasn’t affected Forbes readership
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer of Forbes, writes Wednesday that the business magazine’s experiment asking its online readers to turn off ad blockers hasn’t had any affect on the number of people consuming its content. Dvorkin shared these numbers: — Since Dec 17, 4 million desktop visitors, or 42.3% of those asked, have either disabled […]
Forbes seeks producer for opinions section
Forbes Media seeks an associate content producer to support the Opinions channel of Forbes.com. Producers are the lynchpin of the Forbes newsroom. They work at the intersection of editorial (senior producers, staff writers, editors and outside contributors) and internal teams within Forbes: audience development, social, sales optimization, product and development, to effectively promote and position our content to Forbes […]
Forbes seeks assistant social media editor
Forbes is seeking an assistant social media editor. This person will be responsible for managing our main Twitter account, @Forbes, and will help to develop our social and mobile strategy going forward. Our ideal candidate has experience managing a large online community, knows how to make a great GIF, and has worked in a digital […]
Forbes seeks producer for entrepreneurs section
Forbes Media seeks a Senior Content Producer to oversee the Entrepreneurs channel of Forbes.com. Senior Producers are active participants in our expanding newsroom for the era of social media. You will work directly with editors, reporters, data analysts, social media editors and others to produce and package daily and feature content for our domestic audience of […]
Forbes offering money-back guarantee for native ads
Forbes announced Monday a money-back guarantee to its native ad product BrandVoice, writes Lucia Moses of Digiday. Moses writes, “Advertisers have to spend $250,000 in native plus display over 60 days (up from the minimum BrandVoice package of $150,000). If they don’t get a lift in at least one of four metrics (awareness, favorability, recall, purchase intent), […]
