Fortune’s Primack: Forbes, you ignorant slut
Fortune writer Dan Primack takes issue Thursday with how rival business magazine Forbes lowered the net worth of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes to zero because of problems at the company. Primack writes, “Forbes gave various explanations for its revisions ― which were breathlessly aggregated by other media outlets ― including that Holmes’ stake in her […]
Inc.’s Quittner moves to Fortune
Jeremy Quittner, a senior staff writer at Inc. magazine since 2012, has been hired by Fortune. He’ll be a senior writer for Fortune’s Venture vertical on its website, which is covering entrepreneurs and launched in February. Quittner previously wrote on technology for both American Banker and Bank Technology News, specializing in alternative payments, social media, […]
Fortune starts newsletter on business diversity
Fortune magazine launched an email newsletter that focuses on business diversity. Called raceAhead, it will be written by Ellen McGirt and will focus on the experience of black, brown, Asian and Native Americans moving up through the ranks of U.S. corporations. “We believe learning about others in similar situations can help readers in their quest […]
Fortune covers Trump, and Trump responds
Fortune magazine has estimated presidential candidate Donald Trump’s net worth at $3.7 billion, below his $10 billion estimate, and used an unflattering photo on the cover, reports Keith Kelly of the New York Post. Kelly writes, “To illustrate the story, Fortune Editor Alan Murray purchased an 8-year-old photo that seems to show The Donald flipping […]
Time Inc. names new publisher for Fortune, Money
Time Inc. executive vice president Evelyn Webster sent out the following announcement on Monday: I am delighted to share that effective immediately Meredith Long is promoted to Group Publisher of Time, Fortune and Money. In this role, Meredith will oversee sales, marketing, live events and development of new products and revenue streams for all three […]
Fortune.com seeks reporter in New York
Fortune is looking for an intrepid, digitally-savvy reporter with a passion for all things startups and small business to write for the brand-new Venture channel on Fortune.com. This is a key role for an energetic reporter who wants to dig into creating meaningful, transformative content for a new vertical. We’re looking for someone with at […]
Fortune.com hits 20 million users, hires more staff
Fortune editor in chief Alan Murray sent out the following announcement on Friday: Congratulations for taking Fortune.com over our target of 20 million unique users in the month of March (Omniture.) It’s an amazing accomplishment, especially for a website that didn’t exist two years ago. It was a true team effort, for which you all […]
Elmer-Dewitt says goodbye to Fortune
Philip Elmer-Dewitt of Fortune says goodbye to the magazine and hello to his new website covering Apple, co-founded by Steve Jobs. Elmer-Dewitt writes, “1983 was also the year Time named the computer Machine of the Year. Jobs, who thought he was going to be named Man of the Year, read the issue and burst into […]
How Fortune uses 5,000 outside contributors
Lucia Moses of Digiday writes about how Fortune uses thousands of outside contributors for content on its website. Moses writes, “The Time Inc. title draws from a 5,000-person contributor network who supply what Fortune digital editor Aaron Task calls ‘our op-ed page.’ The result is commentary from executives like Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent (‘Every moment of every day […]
Fortune senior editors Easton, Sellers leaving to start own firm
Fortune senior editors Nina Easton and Pattie Sellers are leaving the business magazine to start their own content company. Valentina Zarya of Fortune writes, “Sellers and Easton are both veteran journalists and longtime employees of Fortune, where they were, until very recently, senior editors. On Thursday, they announced that they will be starting a new chapter […]
