Forbes experiments with Snapchat-like format

Forbes has been experimenting with digital “cards,” which are highly visual, mobile-centric content templates designed for people to flip through using their thumbs on their phones — much the way people tap and swipe through Snapchat Stories — reports Mike Shields of The Wall Street Journal. Shields writes, “Forbes has been testing the card treatment — which often includes […]

How Forbes is upsetting traditional journalism

William Turvill 0f City A.M. in London writes about how the strategy at Forbes is upsetting traditional journalists. Turvill writes, “While DVorkin acknowledges ‘co-storytelling’ is likely to enrage and upset journalism purists, he emphasises this is not the point. The current traditional ‘banner’ advertising model is, he feels, not doing enough to sustain journalism as a […]

Forbes arrive enfin en France

Forbes and publisher 360BusinessMedia announced Wednesday a French-language web site, www.Forbes.fr, with a print magazine coming in 2017. The site has no pay wall and is supported by advertisers, including Forbes’ BrandVoice marketing platform. The French website will primarily cover national and continental stories. About 70 percent of the content will be original and will […]

Forbes relaunching Argentine edition with new partner

Forbes announced Thursday that it is relaunching its Argentine edition next month with a new partner. The new partner is Global Brands Media. Its founder, Alex Milberg, served as editor-in-chief of Argentina’s previous edition of Forbes. Forbes had originally launched in Argentina in October 2011 in partnership with DRP, a division of Grupo 23. Virginia Porcella, […]

Forbes seeks two associate content producers

Forbes Media seeks two associate content producers to support the Investing and Opinion channels in our Jersey City, New Jersey, office. Producers are the lynchpin of the Forbes newsroom, working at the intersection of editorial (editors, staff writers and outside contributors) and internal teams including social, sales, product and digital production. Responsibilities include: Work on front […]

Why BC Forbes valued capitalism from immigrants

Forbes publisher Rich Karlgaard writes about magazine founder B.C. Forbes. Karlgaard writes, “He was 37 years old but already a seasoned business journalist. At 14 he left school to become a printer’s devil, setting type for a local newspaper in Scotland. By 16 he was a reporter in Aberdeen, and by 21 he had moved to Johannesburg, […]

Forbes seeks deputy editor for lifestyle channel

Forbes Media seeks a Deputy Editor for our Lifestyle channel to be a leader in our expanding newsroom for the era of social media. This Deputy Editor will work directly with top editors to identify, recruit and manage freelance contributors and topic experts across a range of industries to be part of our industry-leading contributor […]

How Forbes got mobile readers to increase their time

Lucia Moses of Digiday writes about how Forbes magazine got is mobile readers to increase their reading time. Moses writes, “Forbes, which usually sees half its traffic coming to it this way in any given month, felt the problem firsthand. ‘The industry’s just shrunk to fit the phone,’ said Lewis D’Vorkin, chief product officer at Forbes. […]

Forbes joins PodcastOne

Forbes is adding its podcasts to the PodcastOne network, reports Christopher Heine of Adweek. Heine writes, “A quartet of Forbes programs about business, women and tech will debut on the network in early October. Produced internally at Forbes in recent months, they are called The Limit Does Not Exist, Mentoring Moments, The Premise and Hiding […]

Little change among biz news websites in July

Yahoo Finance maintained its position as the top business and financial news site in July, while Forbes solidified its spot as the No. 2 site, according to the the comScore Multiplatform report for the month. Yahoo Finance, which recently unveiled a redesign, reported 74.2 million unique visitors in the month, down slightly from the 75.5 […]