Forbes expansion on web comes with pain
Lauren Indvik of Mashable writes about the growing pains at Forbes being experienced by allowing online contributors without first vetting their content. Indvik writes, “The system allows Forbes.com to produce more content more quickly. It also saves the publication the cost of hiring and maintaining editors. “But it comes with other costs. Take a post […]
Forbes.com rolls out follow bar
Forbes.com has added a follow bar that allows readers to follow specific writers and news topics. Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer, writes, “You can follow our reporters and writers covering news beats that interest you; the topics and subjects you most enjoy; the people, places, companies, sports teams and colleges on our popular lists; […]
Forbes expanding into e-books
Lucia Moses of Adweek writes about how Forbes, which has let outside contributors and advertisers publish content on its site, is the model a step further by having contributors publish e-books under its name. Moses writes, “The first, however, is by Lewis DVorkin, chief product officer of Forbes and architect of the contributor model. Called The […]
The pros and cons of the Forbes model
Jeff Sonderman of The Poynter Institute examines the onlne business model of Forbes, which relies heavily on contributor content. Sonderman writes, “Conflicts of interest are another potential weakness in the model. Especially among unpaid contributors who are writing to promote themselves, their books or their businesses, you have to wonder how their ‘other motives’ subtly […]
How today’s newsroom operates differently
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer at Forbes, writes Tuesday about how its newsroom operates much differently than newsrooms of the past by using data and software to influence its coverage decisions. Dvorkin writes, “Our dramatic newsroom transformation began nearly two years ago. To start, we changed roles and responsibilities for nearly everyone. Next, we […]
Forbes to launch Brazil edition
Forbes announced Tuesday the introduction of its 22nd international edition, Forbes Brazil, in partnership with BPP LTDA, the publisher of Billboard in Brazil. The new edition is scheduled to launch on July 31 in the Portuguese language and distributed throughout Brazil. The editor is Ronny Hein, who has previously held various senior editorial positions at […]
Using social media, personality and passion
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer at Forbes, writes about how using personality and passion, as well as a dash of social media, can make business journalism thrive. Dvorkin writes, “I was struck last week by one particular post on Forbes.com that had personality and passion with a difference — the extra kick of a […]
Building an online readership base
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer at Forbes, writes about how one of the business magazine’s bloggers, Anthony Kosner, has seen his readership go from 40,000 to 400,000 a month. Dvorkin writes, “Today, Anthony is a believer in our evolving model for incentive-based, entrepreneurial journalism. He uses words like ‘machine’ and ‘addictive’ to describe our […]
Forbes responds to Bloomberg with real-time billionaire tracker
In March, Bloomberg News introduced its new ranking of the world’s richest people with the release of its Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world’s 20 wealthiest individuals. It recently expanded the ranking to the top 40. Now, Forbes magazine, which has long been considered the business news media that follows billionaires, has […]
Biz magazines aimed at the 1 percent
Matthew Flamm of Crain’s New York Business writes about business magazines that are geared toward a high-end audience such as Bloomberg Pursuits and Forbes Life. Flamm writes, “Luxury titles have risen and fallen before. Previous waves brought the ill-fated launch of Condé Nast Portfolio, the short-lived Absolute and the near-downfall in 2010 of Modern Luxury […]
