Forbes gets half of its readers from mobile
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer at Forbes, writes about how now more than half of the business magazine’s readers come from mobile. Dvorkin writes, “I got one of those digital wake-up calls last week when my obsession with data turned to mobile traffic. In April, we had the same number of readers visit our […]
Forbes seeks data geek reporter
Forbes seeks a data geek/visual storyteller/reporter who can conceive, design and code multi-platform, static and interactive news graphics. This person would work with the newsroom to bring feature and breaking stories to life through data visualizations and interactive graphics. This journalist will also be responsible for organizing and expanding Forbes’ use of data sets in […]
Reuters, Forbes win business journalism awards from OPC
Steve Stecklow, Babak Dehghanpisheh and Yeganeh Torbati of Reuters won the Malcolm Forbes Award, which honors the best business reporting from abroad by a wire service or newspaper, from the Overseas Press Club on Thursday for their three-part series on the worth of the Ayatollah. The judges were impressed by Reuters’ ability to piece together […]
Forbes strikes deal for Philippines edition
Forbes Media LLC and Summit Media announced a partnership to launch Forbes Philippines, a monthly magazine published in English. The first issue of Forbes Philippines will be published in early 2015. Forbes Philippines will have access to Forbes stories from around the world and will feature local content from the Forbes Philippines editorial team. The […]
Sale of Forbes is in doubt
Forbes Media LLC’s effort to find a buyer is running into trouble, with one potential bidder officially out of the running and two others no longer in active talks, reports Alex Sherman, Stefania Bianchi and Cornelius Rahn of Bloomberg News. Sherman, Bianchi and Rahn write, “Germany’s Axel Springer SE, which publishes the Russian edition of […]
Chinese bidder for Forbes may have dropped out
Speculation is rampant that the auction of Forbes Media has hit a bump and that the one-time front runner, China’s Fosun International, has dropped out, reports Keith Kelly of the New York Post. Kelly writes, “Fosun did not return an e-mail on Monday seeking comment. If Fosun has dropped out of the bidding, it’s unclear […]
Biz magazines underperform industry in first quarter
The 14 business magazines underperformed the rest of the magazine industry in the first quarter, according to data from Publishers Information Bureau. Combined, the business titles reported a 2.95 decrease in advertising revenue to $245.4 million and a 5.9 percent drop in advertising pages to 2,289.43. That compares to a 1.6 percent decrease in ad […]
How much do Forbes contributors make?
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer at Forbes, writes about the compensation for the business magazine’s online contributors. Dvorkin writes, “Forty or so full-time staff reporters write for our magazine and post to Forbes.com. They take home salaries, occasionally participating in quarterly incentive programs. They’re now publishing side-by-side with more than 1,200 carefully selected contributors […]
Forbes extends brand to airport newsstands
Emma Bazilian of Adweek writes about how Forbes is licensing its name to airport newsstands. Bazilian writes, “Through a partnership with Paradies, which owns and operates a variety of different airport and hotel stores (including CNBC and New York Times branded shops), Forbes has already opened its first newsstand in Detroit’s Metropolitan Wayne County Airport […]
Forbes unveils real-time billionaires list
Forbes announced Monday a new digital tool that provides real-time updates on the net worth and ranking for each individual featured on the Forbes world’s billionaires list. Bloomberg News, which competes with Forbes in covering billionaires, launched The Bloomberg Billionaires Index in January 2013 that includes the top 100 billionaires worldwide and features transparent data […]
