Forbes hires Whitmire as senior editor for newsletters
Forbes has hired Sarah Whitmire as its senior editor for newsletters. She comes from McClatchy, where she was a senior news content strategist for the past year. Before that, she was national newsletter editor, senior audience editor and social media editor at McClatchy. Whitmire also worked at the Center for Public Integrity as a social media manager […]
Forbes taps Murray as explainers and trends reporter
Forbes has hired Conor Murray as an explainers and trends reporter. Murray previously was an intern at Forbes covering America’s richest people. He also interned at Philadelphia magazine and at NBCNews.com. Murray graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a news editor and a reporter for The Daily Pennsylvanian.
Forbes seeks a news desk reporter
Forbes believes in the power of entrepreneurial capitalism and uses it on various platforms to ignite the conversations that drive systemic change in business, culture and society. We celebrate success and are committed to using our megaphone to drive diversity, equity and inclusion. Forbes is growing its News Desk. The ideal candidate should be a […]
TikTok spied on Forbes journalists
According to materials reviewed by Forbes, TikTok parent ByteDance tracked multiple Forbes journalists as part of this covert surveillance campaign, which was designed to unearth the source of leaks inside the company, reports Emily Baker-White of Forbes. Baker-White reports, “The investigation, internally known as Project Raven, began this summer after BuzzFeed News published a story revealing that China-based ByteDance employees […]
Bidder for Forbes has ties to Russia, Putin
One of the investors in talks to acquire Forbes is SUN Group, a corporation with 58 years of experience working closely with Russia and that frequently flaunts its close ties to the Kremlin and Russian President Vladimir Putin, reports James Marks of RealClearPolicy.com. Marks reports, “A review of public records and news reports reveals that India-based SUN […]
Forbes names chief revenue officer, chief digital and information
Forbes announced Tuesday the promotions of two Forbes veterans to chief revenue officer and chief digital and information Sherry Phillips is the new chief revenue officer, and Vadim Supitskiy is now chief digital and information, both effective immediately. “We are pleased to promote two proven and trusted executives to positions crucial to Forbes’ continued growth,” […]
Forbes acquisition could fetch $800 million
A deal to sell Forbes magazine and its operations to a group of investors would be for $800 million and include an Indian-based investor, reports Kia Kokalitcheva and Sara Fischer of Axios. Kokalitcheva and Fischer write, “The Forbes bidding consortium includes SUN Group, a family-owned Indian investment firm led by vice chairman Shiv Khemka, and GSV Ventures, […]
Forbes CEO: Potential acquirer is family offices and global investors
Forbes chief executive officer Mike Federle sent out the following on Tuesday: Hi everyone – I wanted to give you a quick update that we have entered into exclusive discussions with an interested buyer for Forbes. This is very early in a process which could take months to complete, so I’m limited in the level of detail […]
Forbes near deal to sell to investors
Forbes is in advanced talks to sell itself to a group of investors, approaching a deal that would bring the chronicler of the wealthy and powerful under new ownership, reports Lauren Hirsch and Benjamin Mullin. Hirsch and Mullin write, “Forbes had been seeking at least $800 million in a sale, but the final price will most […]
Forbes COO Sibley to become Time CEO
Time has named Forbes chief operating officer Jessica Sibley as chief executive of the media company, reports Joseph De Avila and Alexandra Bruell of The Wall Street Journal. De Avila and Bruell report, “Ms. Sibley is taking over Time’s business operations from current chief executive Edward Felsenthal, who will retain his role as editor in chief of the publication, […]
