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Forbes expose due out in September

Cindy Adams of the New York Post writes about the new book “The Fall of the House of Forbes” due out in September, by former Forbes magazine editor Stewart Pinkerton.

Adams writes, “Stewart Pinkerton did not write a valentine. Gritty stuff like:

“Malcolm Forbes’ death, what preceded it and was it suicide.

“‘Bumbling’ Steve Forbes‘ two nowhere presidential runs, which were only ‘a $75 million sales call.’

“Young male staffers hiding when Malcolm sailed by.

“Creation of the famous ‘Rich List’ franchise.

“Osmosis from a boring, second-rate stock tip sheet to a respected business publication.

“Fierce succession battles.

“Family’s management removal by rocker Bono‘s investment group.

“Dirty dish. Like a $156,000 bottle of ‘Thomas Jefferson wine’ becoming salad dressing. Elizabeth Taylor smacking Malcolm with a Harry Winston box. Gianni Agnelli’s fight with Malcolm. Where are his beloved Fabergé eggs. Outrageous behavior, outrageous sex.

“What reduced this century-old important publication to a blog post? A story of ‘hubris, greed, quirks, machinations, foibles, hopelessly divided family and awful decisions.'”

Read more here.
Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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