HP breaks its own news
Taylor Buley of Forbes.com notes that Hewlett-Packard broke the news Tuesday that it was suing its former CEO Mark Hurd by posting a story and the lawsuit on its own site. Buley writes, “Usually this would mark the moment when I urgently ask Forbes researcher Sue Radlauer to help me dig up the legal docs […]
The billionaire beat at Forbes
Joe Pompeo of The Business Insider writes Thursday about how Forbes has been hiring bloggers to cover billionaires around the globe. Pompeo writes, “As part of that expansion, Forbes.com has recruited a handful of freelance journalists to blog about the people on its annual World’s Billionaires List, with news, analysis and, of course, inside dirt, […]
Forbes to launch Ukraine edition
Forbes announced Wednesday the launch of its latest local-language edition, Forbes Ukraine, through a licensing agreement with United Media Holding. The first issue of the magazine will appear in the first quarter of 2011. Forbes also has licensee editions in China, Croatia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Korea, Latvia, Middle East, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Turkey. […]
Goodbye message from Forbes' Lavin
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Here is the text of the message that Forbes managing editor Carl Lavin sent to the staff earlier Monday announcing his departure: “The news: I am moving on, after three action-packed years as managing editor. I will be here the rest of this week to finish any transition work. I will […]
Forbes ME Lavin leaving magazine
Carl Lavin, the managing editor of Forbes magazine, announced Monday to the staff that he’s leaving the business magazine. The magazine is undergoing some dramatic changes under new chief product offer Lewis Dvorkin. Editor William Baldwin has also stepped down, but he will continue writing for the magazine. Joe Pompeo of Business Insider writes, “We […]
A relentless critic in his writing
Mark Hicks of the Detroit News remembers Jerry Flint, the longtime auto industry writer at Forbes who died earlier this month at 79. Hicks writes, “After becoming a senior editor and retiring in 1996, Mr. Flint became a Forbes columnist, writing a column for the magazine and its website called Backseat Driver. “‘He loved the […]
Forbes gains Russian domain name
Robert Andrews of PaidContent.org reports that the Forbes‘ licensee in Russia has finally gained access to its domain name, nearly a year after it had been awarded the site by a Russian court. Andrews writes, “Forbes is published under license in Russia by Germany’s Axel Springer, which last year took Landmark VIP Services to court, […]
Remembering auto writer Jerry Flint
Outgoing Forbes editor William Baldwin writes Monday about longtime Forbes auto writer Jerry Flint, who died this weekend at the age of 79 after suffering a stroke. Baldwin writes, “One of his notions was that journalists, at least the sort that ruled the newsrooms of big newspapers a few decades ago, were too full of […]
A balance of skepticism and curiosity
Paul Eisenstein of TheDetroitBureau.com writes about Forbes auto writer Jerry Flint, who died this weekend at the age of 79. Eisenstein writes, “What no one can dispute is Jerry Flint’s love of the car business, and his ability to connect with the industry’s men and women, from the lowliest line worker to the loftiest of […]
Flint of Forbes, dean of auto writers, dies at 79
Jerry Flint, who has covered the auto industry since 1958 and who had been at Forbes since 1979, died Saturday from a stroke at the age of 79. He had won a Loeb Award in 2003. His son, Los Angeles Times reporter Joe Flint, writes on Forbes.com, “After serving in the Army for three years […]
