Categories: OLD Media Moves

Forbes to launch edition in Kazakhstan

Forbes Media announced Thursday that it will roll out its 18th local-language edition, Forbes Kazakhstan, in partnership with United Media Group.

The new edition launches in the Russian language, with distribution throughout Kazakhstan. The editor-in-chief of Forbes Kazakhstan, Maxim Semelyak, previously held various senior level positions, as editor of Tatler Russia and the Russian financial newspaper Vedomosti.

Editorial content will consist of local business stories combined with content gleaned from the U.S. edition of Forbes, with a distribution of 10,000 copies.

Forbes Television and Licensing President Miguel Forbes stated: “Forbes Kazakhstan is an important addition to our growing footprint in the region.”

Forbes also has licensed editions in Africa, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, India, Indonesia, Israel, 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.