Forbes to launch edition in Croatia in November
Forbes announced today the November 2008 launch of its ninth local-language edition, Forbes Croatia, in partnership with Europapress Holding in Croatia. Europapress has signed a licensing agreement with Forbes to publish an edition of the magazine in four countries: Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro. The initial launch will be in Croatia, with a first print […]
New business news aggregate site launched
Ivy Schmerken of Wall Street & Technology writes about a new Web site called Streetread that aggregates business news from more than 20 sites, including Forbes, BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal and Reuters. Schmerken writes, “The site was ‘born out of the daily frustrations of trying to stay up to date with all the important […]
CNBC.com tops among business sites
CNBC.com ranks as the No. 1 business/financial news site (non-portal) in June, according to the latest Comscore pageview rankings. CNBC.com was also ranked No. 1 in average minutes per visitor in Comscore. In June, Comscore reported that CNBC.com had more page views than any other non-portal business news web site.  CNBC.com page views were up 388 percent from June 2007. […]
Forbes publisher resigns
Lisa Granatstein of Mediaweek reports Friday that Forbes publisher Jim Berrien is stepping down after nine years on the job. Granatstein writes, “Berrien will leave his post at the end of the of the year and will become chairman of Forbes magazine. The publisher was responsible for the launch last month of luxe titles ForbesLife […]
Biz magazines post bad second quarter in advertising
Many business magazines posted a decline in ad revenue and ad pages during the second quarter, according to data from the Publishers Information Bureau. Some publications bucked the trend. The Economist reported a 21 percent gain in ad revenue to $34.4 million and a 2.2 percent increase in ad pages to 648.5 for the quarter. […]
Lyons to end Fake Steve Jobs blog
Dan Lyons, the Forbes reporter who wrote the Fake Steve Jobs blog, is ending the project about the Apple CEO and starting a new blog when he joins the Newsweek staff. Brad Stone of the New York Times writes, “Mr. Lyons said that he had grown tired of his fictional creation, but mainly he was […]
Forbes building still for sale, but now with lower price
Keith Kelly of the New York Post writes Wednesday that the Forbes headquarters building in New York remains for sale, with the asking price now at $100 million. Kelly writes, “When the 145,000-square-foot headquarters at 60 Fifth Ave. in Greenwich Village first went on the market in July 2007, real estate broker Cushman & Wakefield […]
Forbes writer jumping to Newsweek
Dan Lyons, the Forbes writer best known for penning the “Fake Steve Jobs” blog, is leaving the business magazine to write about technology for Newsweek, reports Keith Kelly of the New York Post. Kelly writes, “A 10-year veteran of Forbes, Lyons worked out of his home near Boston. “‘I had a great time at Forbes, […]
Forbes.com executive editor leaves for policy magazine
David Andelman, the executive editor of Forbes.com, has left the magazine’s Web site operations to become editor of the World Policy Journal. Andelman had been running the Web site for the past three years. He starts at the magazine on June 2. Andelman joins Forbes.com from The New York Daily News, where he was business […]
Forbes launches social network for execs
Mike Shields of MediaWeek writes that Forbes magazine is launching a social network for CEOs called AnswerNetwork that would allow them to exchange ideas. Shields writes, “Dubbed the AnswerNetwork, Forbes.com’s play in the popular social media space is less about being social and more about serving as a means for serious-minded business professionals to share […]
