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Forbes to launch Brazil edition

Forbes announced Tuesday the introduction of its 22nd international edition, Forbes Brazil, in partnership with BPP LTDA, the publisher of Billboard in Brazil.

The new edition is scheduled to launch on July 31 in the Portuguese language and distributed throughout Brazil.

The editor is Ronny Hein, who has previously held various senior editorial positions at several important Brazilian magazines. The distribution will be 50,000 copies and the cover price is R19.90. Editorial will consist of local business stories combined with content gleaned from Forbes U.S.

“Forbes Brazil marks our flag in all the BRIC markets where we see significant growth and possibilities for our business going forward,” said Forbes Television and Licensing President Miguel Forbes in a statement. “We couldn’t be more excited.”

Forbes also has publications in Africa, Argentina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Korea, Latvia, Middle East, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, and Ukraine.

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.