Phrases that Fortune invented, from trophy wife to hedge fund
Rachel Ventresca of Fortune writes about eight iconic phrases that the 95-year-old magazine made popular. Ventresca writes, “Yes, Fortune is old. The ’95-year-old startup’ is technically a member of the Silent Generation, predating the invention of not just the internet but also ZIP codes and crash test dummies, not to mention most of the Fortune 500 companies […]
Fortune promotes Royle to success associate editor
Orianna Rosa Royle has been promoted to success associate editor at Fortune. She has been with the magazine since January 2023. Royle was inspired to start writing about success—and how those with it, attained it—after her own experience escaping poverty and trying to enter the corporate world with zero help. She was the first in […]
Fortune promotes Lake to associate editor
Fortune magazine has promoted Sydney Lake to associate editor. Lake has been a reporter at Fortune, where she covers housing, real estate, and general business news. She previously wrote about higher education and worked on the publication’s business school rankings. Before joining Fortune, Lake served as the assistant editor of Virginia Business magazine and interned on the production desk at […]
Fortune taps Smith to be US news chief
Dave Smith has been named the U.S. news chief at Fortune magazine. He has been at the publication since January. Smith previously worked at The Messenger as deputy editor for the homepage and story production. He also worked at Business Insider as a deputy editor of audience. Smith was previously the technology editor of the International […]
Senior reporter Daniel departs Fortune
Will Daniel, a senior reporter at Fortune magazine, has left the publication. He has been with Fortune since March 2022 covering markets and the economy. Daniel previously worked at Markets Insider and has an MS in business journalism from Arizona State’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He holds an undergraduate degree from […]
Morse hired by Fortune to cover HR and workplace trends
Brit Morse has been hired by Fortune magazine to cover human resources and workplace trends on the leadership desk. She has been an associate editor at Inc. covering the worlds of HR, public policy, and legal affairs for both the print edition of Inc. magazine and Inc.com. Morse also worked as a contract staffer for […]
Fortune seeks a leadership reporter
Fortune is seeking a smart and energetic journalist to join its Leadership Desk, reporting on the workplace, C-suite trends, and corporate America. This writer will also helm and shape our CHRO Daily newsletter, establishing Fortune as a definitive and authoritative source on HR matters, including but not limited to: hiring, return to work, labor laws, building […]
Fortune hires Banicki as head of video
Fortune magazine has hired Adam Banicki as its head of video. Banicki is currently the senior executive producer of YouTube, where he oversees The Wall Street Journal’s main channel, as well as its Journalists as Creators program. Banicki joined the Journal after managing editorial video teams at Insider, Vice Media, New York Magazine and Fatherly. […]
Fortune faces uncertain future
Fortune magazine faces an uncertain future in the wake of executive departures and an owner who wants to double revenue in the next three years, reports Mark Stenberg of Adweek. Stenberg writes, “When the business publisher Fortune was first spun out of the former Meredith Corp. in 2018, it faced an uncertain future. “The legacy title had launched […]
Fortune strikes revenue sharing deal with Perplexity
Perplexity AI is launching revenue-sharing partnership with Fortune and other major publishers less than two months after some news outlets publicly accused the artificial intelligence startup of plagiarizing their stories, reports Shirin Ghaffary of Bloomberg News. Ghaffary reports, “Publishers will receive a ‘double digit’ percentage of revenue from sponsored questions that appear below results in the […]
