Mistreating an underling at Forbes in the 1980s
Kerry Hannon writes on Forbes.com about what happened to her when she was a young journalist at the business magazine in the 1980s. Hannon writes, “I was a young reporter at Forbes back in the mid-80s and assigned to do the legwork for a well-known female columnist’s column. “It was an honor. I loved tackling […]
Forbes hires former Fortune publisher as COO
Forbes Media has picked up a new chief operating officer, Mike Federle, a former publisher and president of rival Fortune, reports Keith Kelly of the New York Post. Kelly writes, “The internal announcement said that Federle was going to be working on business development partnerships, new business models and operating departments, including circulation and manufacturing. […]
Bloomberg Businessweek outperforms other biz glossies in third quarter
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Bloomberg Businessweek reported a 49.5 percent increase in advertising revenue and a 39 percent rise in ad pages during the third quarter, continuing its rebound after a lackluster performance in 2008 and 2009. The magazine, acquired by Bloomberg in late 2009, reported ad revenue of $49.7 million and ad pages of […]
Forbes.com records more visitors and page views after redesign
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer of Forbes, reports that the business magazine’s website had a 40 percent increase in traffic in September in the wake of its redesign. Dvorkin writes,”In the first nine months of 2011, Forbes.com experienced solid and steady growth in unique visitors (21% year over year), with the sharpest jumps in […]
What Forbes taught a biz journalist
Leigh Gallagher, an assistant managing editor at Fortune, writes about her time at rival Forbes from 1998 to 2004 in the wake of the publication of former managing editor Stewart Pinkerton‘s book “The Fall of the House of Forbes.” Gallagher writes, “Pinkerton, who left in 2009 under, well, not-so-happy circumstances, also delivers one of the […]
Most widely read biz news site is, surprise, Yahoo Finance
Eric Jackson of Forbes.com looks at Compete numbers of traffic on business news sites and discovers that Yahoo Finance still gets more visitors than business news heavyweights such as The Wall Street Journal, CNNMoney and others. Jackson writes, “And the biggest kahuna when it comes to financial news – at least by visitors — is […]
Forbes to launch Argentina edition next month
Forbes announced Tuesday its 19th local-language edition, Forbes Argentina, in partnership with DRP, a division of “Grupo 23” (G23). The new edition is scheduled to launch on Oct. 10, 2011, in the Spanish language and distributed throughout Argentina. The editor is Alex Milberg who previously was the editor of Newsweek Argentina. Distribution will be 15,000 […]
Forbes names new chief marketing officer
Jack Laschever has rejoined the Forbes as chief marketing officer, according to an announcement on Monday. A 25-year veteran of the media industry, Laschever originally joined Forbes in July 2004, and left to serve DPEC Partners as a senior managing director of venture capital. At Forbes, he was vice president and group publisher overseeing ForbesLife […]
Forbes to launch edition in Kazakhstan
Forbes Media announced Thursday that it will roll out its 18th local-language edition, Forbes Kazakhstan, in partnership with United Media Group. The new edition launches in the Russian language, with distribution throughout Kazakhstan. The editor-in-chief of Forbes Kazakhstan, Maxim Semelyak, previously held various senior level positions, as editor of Tatler Russia and the Russian financial […]
Forbes and advertisers: Is history repeating itself?
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE One of the changes that has been made at Forbes magazine during the past several years is that it has begun offering blog space on its website to companies. Such a blending of editorial and advertising — although Forbes may argue that the content is not advertising — has been criticized […]
