Forbes tech journalist leaving for PR job
Eric Savitz, who covers the tech industry for Forbes and who has been in journalism for nearly three decades, has resigned to accept a position in public relations. On his Facebook page, Savitz writes, “I’m leaving Forbes to join the strategic communications firm Brunswick Group as a partner in the San Francisco office. While sad […]
Billionaire slams Forbes and prefers Bloomberg
Christine Haughney of The New York Times writes about how Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal of Saudi Arabia is upset with his ranking in the new list of billionaires by Forbes magazine and says he will no longer cooperate with its rankings. Haughney writes, “A spokeswoman for Forbes Media noted that the prince has plenty to […]
Avoiding errors, and what to do when they happen
The quick pace of social media and the Web have escalated the importance of getting a story right the first time and avoiding errors as a journalist, said Forbes managing editor for business news Dan Bigman in a conference call with Forbes contributors from New York Tuesday. “Just correcting an error doesn’t necessarily correct the […]
Forbes has a smart business model
Bob Garfield writes for Media Post about how business magazine Forbes has turned itself around with a new business model. Garfield writes, “Since adopting the new model, Forbes has seen a 67% increase in unique monthly visitors. In January, according to comScore, it attracted 16 million uniques — up 26% year-to-year. Measured by trailing 12 […]
Forbes online readership up 43% in a year
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer at Forbes, writes about the dramatic increase in the business magazine’s online readership in the past year. Dvorkin writes, “comScore just released its worldwide numbers, putting Forbes at 24.5 million unique monthly users in January (the green line in the chart below), up 43% from a year earlier. The […]
Redesigning Forbes for the digital age
Forbes chief product officer Lewis Dvorkin was interviewed by Chris Smith of The Guardian in London about how the business magazine’s operations have been overhauled for the new media world. Here is an excerpt: What philosophy have you adopted to stay relevant to people’s digital lifestyles? We have transformed Forbes.com from a website into a […]
The rise of entrepreneurial journalism
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer at Forbes, writes about the rise of entrepreneurial journalism and how many of the contributors to Forbes.com are experts in the field in which they write about. Dvorkin writes, “They share their knowledge directly with the reader. I love how Dan Bigman, a FORBES managing editor and former Times […]
Forbes launches French language edition
Forbes has announced its first French language edition, Forbes Afrique. The publication, Forbes’ 26th international edition, was launched in partnership with Lucien Ebata, an African entrepreneur, and Mark Furlong, president of Custom Solutions Media. Forbes Afrique is bring distributed throughout 23 French-speaking countries in Africa. The editor is Michel Lobe, who previously was the chief […]
Why the biz side of Forbes is at the CES
Tim Peterson of Adweek writes about why the business side of Forbe magazine is at the Consumer Electronics Show. Peterson writes, “This quarter the publisher plans to roll out a new design style to its mobile site and eventually its tablet site, said Forbes svp of digital ad strategy Mark Howard. Right now users can […]
Biz magazines underperform industry in fourth quarter
The 14 business magazines performed worse than the overall magazine industry in the fourth quarter in terms of advertising revenue and advertising pages, according to a data analysis by Talking Biz News. In the fourth quarter, the industry saw a 1.3 percent advertising revenue decline and a 7.3 percent drop in advertising pages, according to […]
