Forbes names co-managing editors
Forbes magazine announced Tuesday that Stewart Pinkerton and Tom Post have been promoted to managing editors. Both Pinkerton and Post have been serving as deputy managing editors. In his new role, Pinkerton will continue to oversee the integration of contributors to the magazine and Forbes.com. Prior to joining Forbes in 1990, he spent 24 years […]
Forbes on the cover of Forbes
Stephanie Clifford of the New York Times writes Monday about the uniqueness of Steve Forbes being on the cover of Forbes magazine. Clifford writes, “The issue marks the first time in a long time that a Forbes has appeared on the magazine’s cover. Malcolm Forbes was featured on the cover after he died in 1990, […]
Forbes.com, Forbes magazine to merge operations
Owen Thomas of ValleyWag reports that the editorial operations of Forbes.com and the print business magazine of the same name are set to merge together soon. Thomas writes, “In New York, Forbes is housed at 60 Fifth Avenue, while Forbes.com is at 90 Fifth Avenue. Now, the publisher is said to be taking a floor […]
Business magazines outperform the industry in third quarter
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Business-related titles performed better than the overall magazine industry in the third quarter, according to data released Tuesday by Publishers Information Bureau. The magazine industry saw a decline of 8.8 percent in advertising revenue and a 12.9 percent decline in ad pages for the quarter. However, a majority — nine — of […]
Waiting for his Pulitzer that prevented the 2008 recession
Peter Brimelow of Marketwatch writes about an article he wrote 15 years ago for Forbes that nobody paid any attention, but foretold of today’s upheaval in the lending industry. Brimelow writes, “How did I become rich and famous while toiling as a wage slave in the impecunious trade of financial journalism? When my grandchildren ask […]
Biz magazines are to blame for investor's problems
If business magazine coverage is a contrary indicator of what to invest in, then 2008 will go down as a great year for ignoring what they say, writes Ryan Tate of Gawker. Tate notes that Fortune‘s December 2007 issue recommended that investors buy Merrill Lynch stock, and a BusinessWeek column from April recommended investing in Lehman Brothers. […]
Hymowitz joins Forbes from WSJ
Jeff Bercovici of Conde Nast Portfolio reports Wednesday that Carol Hymowitz, who previously wrote a management column for The Wall Street Journal, has joined Forbes as editorial director of Forbes Life Executive Woman. Bercovici writes, “She’ll be overseeing a new quarterly magazine and developing a website for professional women. “As I recently noted, Hymowitz’s duties […]
Forbes.com adds 16 columnists
Mike Shields of MediaWeek writes that Forbes.com has added 16 new columns to beef up the opinions portion of its site. Shields writes, “To lead this effort, the site has tapped Tunku Varadarajan, who was most recently a contributing editor at the Financial Times, to serve as editor of the more content-rich channel. Under his […]
Biz magazines show strong gains among affluent readers
A survey released last week by media research company Ipsos Mendelsohn showed that a number of business magazines have increased their influence among rich readers. The survey researches the media habits and lifestyles of the affluent population in the United States living households with $100,000+ incomes. Inc. reported a 68 percent increase from 333,000 readers to 560,000 readers […]
Forbes edition in Turkey changes to new publisher
Forbes announced Thursday that its edition in Turkey will be published by a new partner, but that the editorial content will continue to be produced by the same team. Earlier this week, Forbes announced a deal to start an edition in Croatia. The announcement stated, “Turkuvaz Gazete Dergi Basim Anonim Sirketi, a division of Calik […]
