Forbes ME Pinkerton to retire

Stewart Pinkerton, who was named managing editor of Forbes magazine in October, announced his retirement on Friday, according to a memo obtained by Owen Thomas of Valleywag. The memo, from editor in chief William Baldwin, states, “For a long time we have depended on Stew in many areas: getting the magazine out on time and […]

Forbes shutters MountainTime

Forbes has decided to stop publishing its MountainTime magazine launched last year and aimed at those interested in luxury recreation in the West, reports Glynnis MacNicol of FishbowlNY. Editor Philip Armour wrote in a note, “Forbes Media pulled the plug on MountainTime today. The credit collapse and poor ad sales have led the Forbes family […]

Former Fortune columnist dies at 84

Daniel Seligman, a columnist at Fortune magazine for more than two decades, died recently at the age of 84, writes Dennis Hevesi of the New York Times. Hevesi writes, “Mr. Seligman, who later wrote for Forbes magazine and other publications, was an editor and writer at Fortune from 1950 to 1997 and wrote more than […]

Forbes.com neared 20 million visitors in December

Forbes.com announced Thursday that worldwide traffic to the site reached nearly 20 million (19,944,014) unique visitors in December 2008, according to research firm Omniture Worldwide. The total marks a 46 percent increase in traffic from December 2007 to December 2008. Traffic increased by 22 percent from the fourth quarter of 2007 to the fourth quarter of 2008, and traffic […]

The unified Forbes newsroom

Forbes editors William Baldwin and Paul Maidment write about the combining of the business magazine’s print and online staffs into one unit. Baldwin and Maidment write, “It may be in text, video, still images, audio, numerical data or combinations thereof, in whatever format is appropriate. But the very best of it–the content that will provide […]

Business magazines outperformed industry in 2008

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE The 16 business magazines currently tracked by Publishers Information Bureau lost less in ad revenue and ad pages than the overall industry, according to data released Tuesday that was analyzed by Talking Biz News. The business publications reported a 2.8 percent decrease in ad revenue in 2008, down to $1.7 billion, […]

Forbes to launch Bulgarian edition

Forbes announced Monday that it will launch its 11th local-language edition, Forbes Bulgaria, in partnership with Attica Media Bulgaria. The launch will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, with the first issue being published in October. Forbes Bulgaria will have an initial circulation of 30,000. The content of Forbes Bulgaria will consist of 60 percent Bulgarian business news, commentary and features and 40 […]

Forbes lays off 19

Peter Kafka of All Things Digital reports Tuesday that 19 staffers at Forbes have lost their jobs as the magazine combines its print and online operations. Kafka writes, “Layoffs stink no matter where or when they happen. But since I worked at Forbes for many years and know many of the folks who lost their […]

Forbes Web site undergoes changes

The Forbes.com site hasredesigned its story pages, its video network, stock quotes and “executive tear sheets,” according to a Wednesday announcement. BtoB magazine writes, “Story pages now feature larger text, new placement of charts and photos, more white space and additional opportunities for users to comment. Each story also has an on-page embeddable video player. […]

Former WSJ staffer: Murdoch has made paper better

Tunku Varadarajan, a former op-ed editor at The Wall Street Journal who now writes for Forbes, argues that new owner Ruper Murdoch has made it a better paper. Varadarajan writes, “No, Murdoch has not ruined the Journal, as many had feared he would. In fact, in the estimation of not a few, he has already […]