Forbes Sheds Staffers
This week’s cuts affected mostly editorial-side employees, as the magazine closed bureaus. The New York Post Oct. 29, 2009
This week’s cuts affected mostly editorial-side employees, as the magazine closed bureaus. The New York Post Oct. 29, 2009
Put the eponymous chairman on the cover, smiling beneficently, and include within reassuring comments from him about the economy’s long-term prospects. The editorial staff did much more than that, of course, but the downward-spiraling economy led the magazine’s editors to push for the very rare occurrence of a Forbes, in this case Steve, on the [...]
Daniel Lyons, the former Forbes magazine journalist and writer of the blog The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, made his final blog entry on Wednesday. Lyons stated that he had grown tired of his fictional creation, but more importantly did not want to be making fun of a real person whose health is in jeopardy. [...]
Dan Lyons, the veteran Forbes tech editor who blogs under the pseudonym “Fake Steve Jobs” has been lured away and hired by Newsweek. Lyons is the first significant hire since the massive layoffs by Newsweek and will take over as the tech editor. Lyons will officially join Newsweek on Aug. 1 and his alter ego, [...]
Just a few weeks ago, Forbes.com introduced AnswerNetwork, which is designed for C-level executives. Similarly, the Executive Women’s Network is Forbes’ social network aimed at high-ranking female business execs. It is expected to roll out in the next few months and should provide a forum for sharing information and knowledge with colleagues, industry members and [...]
Forbes Life Mountain Time will serve well-heeled denizens of and visitors to affluent Rocky Mountain ski communities, including: Aspen, Vail, Park City, Sun Valley and Lake Tahoe with an initial 20-times-per-year frequency. MinOnline (Apr. 22, 2008)
The changes are part of a rolling redesign meant to appeal to business and financial professionals. B2B Online (Apr. 18, 2008)
Meredith Kopit was recently named vice president, group publisher for ForbesLife and ForbesLife Executive Woman. She is replacing Jack Laschever, who left to join Diversified Private Equity Corp. Before this switch, Kopit was founding publisher of Atlantic Media’s 02138 magazine, which targets Harvard alumni. Also at Forbes, Gary Walther became editor of ForbesLife, taking over [...]
Real estate has been on the block of late, with the family’s 171,400-acre Colorado ranch and its Greenwich Village headquarters both in the process of being sold. New York Post (Nov. 30, 2007)