RIABiz.com syndicates content to Forbes
RIABiz.com, a site that covers the independent advisor industry, has agreed to syndicate its content on Forbes.com. Elizabeth McBride, the editor and CEO of RIABiz.com, writes, “The agreement marks a new level in our company’s development. The economics of Internet publishing mean that RIABiz needs to continue bringing new readers to our site, so that […]
Top business journalism events of 2010
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Here are Talking Biz News’ top business journalism events for the year 2010: 10. Ad revenue returns to business magazines. After suffering two years of declines in advertising revenue and advertising pages, the third quarter of 2010 saw the 14 business magazines report a 7.9 percent increase in advertising revenue and […]
Forbes wants to resell content it got for free
Erik Sherman of BNET reports that Forbes.com is taking free content from bloggers and wants to resell it in other formats. Sherman writes, “In other words, Forbes can take any free blog material and use it in any of its magazines or give permission to any other publisher that has licensed the Forbes name. It […]
Forbes editor leaving for PR
Melanie Wells, a Forbes Media executive editor who covered marketing and advertising, is leaving the magazine to become a managing director and chief content officer of a public relations firm. Wells will join DiGennaro Communications on Jan. 10. She is taking a few weeks off before starting her new job, where she will be responsible […]
Forbes to examine how advertising drives Web traffic
Forbes is beginning a new project where it plans to determine how much Web traffic is driven by advertising, writes Matt Kinsman of Folio. Kinsman writes, “The publisher will work with MediaVest and comScore to measure the direct impact of specific ads within Forbes on driving traffic and engagement to the advertiser’s Web sites. “MediaVest […]
Forbes planning European title
Amanda Andrews, the media editor of The Telegraph in London, writes that Forbes will launch a European edition in 2011. Andrews writes, “Forbes Europe will be based in London or Paris and it will probably launch in 2011. Mr Forbes said he had spoken to European advertisers and there had been a lot of interest […]
More changes coming to Forbes
Lewis Dvorkin, the chief product officer at Forbes, writes about some additional changes occurring at the business magazine. Dvorkin writes, “In fact, beginning in the middle of January, Forbes (remember, we happen to be engaged in all three mediums) will release re-architected channel pages that are a blend of ‘Splash and Stream.’ What does that […]
From Barron's to Forbes
Eric Savitz, who left Barron’s to cover technology for Forbes as its San Francisco bureau chief, writes about the change. Savitz writes, “For more than four years, I blogged like a wild man, writing the Tech Trader Daily blog for Barron’s. In the process, I posted close to 20,000 times, which is a little ridiculous, […]
Former Forbes.com ME lands at local online news startup
Carl Lavin, the former managing editor of Forbes.com who left this year, has joined a local online news startup in Connecticut. Lavin has become managing editor of Main Street Connect, a national community news company. Main Street Connect’s mission is empower local entrepreneurs to produce high-quality profitable community news sites and to knit those sites […]
New Forbes CEO on the "content continuum"
Joe Pompeo of Yahoo News caught up with new Forbes CEO Mike Perlis and asked him about the changes going on at the business news magazine led by chief content officer Lewis Dvorkin. Pompeo writes, “‘What most fascinates me about what Lewis is doing is that he’s opening up the content continuum,’ he said. ‘He […]
