Forbes

Forbes Layoffs Decimate Staff - Posted October 28, 2009
The bloodshed has begun in earnest at Forbes on this cold, rainy day: 100 employees were let go from the billionaire listing magazine, including Lauren Sherman, the girlfriend of Silicon Alley Insider writer Dan Frommer: Some of our friends and former colleagues were let go as well. We knew they were coming,... [FishBowlNY]

Forbes Layoffs Decimate Staff - Posted October 28, 2009
The bloodshed has begun in earnest at Forbes on this cold, rainy day: 100 employees were let go from the billionaire listing magazine, including Lauren Sherman, the girlfriend of Silicon Valley Insider writer Dan Frommer: Some of our friends and former colleagues were let go as well. We knew they were coming,... [FishBowlNY]

This Week's Layoff News: Teen Vogue, Details and More - Posted October 28, 2009
While we await sad news of layoffs that is likely to come out of Forbes this week, Condé Nast continues to pare down its staff and there's more news on impending Time Inc. cuts and The New York Times buyouts. - Yesterday, we heard whispers of cuts among the editorial staff... [FishBowlNY]

Time Inc. Staffers Next On The Chopping Block? - Posted October 27, 2009
Condé Nast. The New York Times. Forbes. By the end of the year, all of these media organizations will have cut their staffs to meet the challenging economic times facing the entire industry. These are just the realities of the fourth quarter, readers of the bottom line tell us. So, it was... [FishBowlNY]

Time Inc. Staffers Next On The Chopping Block? - Posted October 27, 2009
Condé Nast. The New York Times. Forbes. By the end of the year, all of these media organizations will have cut their staffs to meet the challenging economic times facing the entire industry. These are just the realities of the fourth quarter, readers of the bottom line tell us. So, it was... [FishBowlNY]

Keeping Short Stories Alive: Five Chapters On The Menu - Posted October 27, 2009
It was a literary day on the media- bistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast today, as hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven welcomed David Daley, the founder of short story Web site FiveChapters.com. Daley, a former features editor at Details who has also done work for McSweeney's and The... [FishBowlNY]

Keeping Short Stories Alive: Five Chapters On The Menu - Posted October 27, 2009
It was a literary day on the media- bistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast today, as hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven welcomed David Daley, the founder of short story Web site FiveChapters.com. Daley, a former features editor at Details who has also done work for McSweeney's and The... [FishBowlNY]

Breaking: More Layoffs Hit Forbes - Posted October 26, 2009
There have been rumors for the past few weeks that Forbes would be cutting more staff sometime soon, and it looks like the time has finally come. We just learned that a memo went out to staff this afternoon from Steve Forbes explaining the situation: "We -- and the entire media... [FishBowlNY]

Breaking: More Layoffs Hit Forbes - Posted October 26, 2009
There have been rumors for the past few weeks that Forbes would be cutting more staff sometime soon, and it looks like the time has finally come. We just learned that a memo went out to staff this afternoon from Steve Forbes explaining the situation: "We -- and the entire media... [FishBowlNY]

Taking Another Look At The BusinessWeek Deal - Posted October 14, 2009
Yesterday afternoon came the long-awaited news that Bloomberg LP had snapped up McGraw-Hill's BusinessWeek. This morning, there are a few new points of view on the deal, which is said to have cost Bloomberg less than $5 million. Bloomberg also reportedly agreed to assume all of BusinessWeek's liabilities, including the cost of... [FishBowlNY]

Down To The Wire At BusinessWeek - Posted October 12, 2009
We expect to hear news on the BusinessWeek sale any day now, but it seems that whether Bloomberg LP or Zelnick Media -- the two bidders left in the process we've been tracking all summer -- buy the business magazine, there will be changes for the staff to endure. Although it... [FishBowlNY]

More Layoffs At Condé Nast As Brides Cuts Staffers - Posted October 7, 2009
The New York Observer reports that Brides has laid off about a dozen staffers today, the third day in horrible news coming out of Condé Nast. Although the additional layoffs at Condé are not surprising (and we're likely to see more in the coming weeks), there is one piece of news in... [FishBowlNY]

HuffPost Technology|CNBC Cancels Kneale|A Newspaper Bailout Bill?|Atlantic.com Blogger's Plea Could Save Magazine|Times Co. Corrects SEC Filing - Posted September 21, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy WebNewser: The Huffington Post launched its new technology section today. It's being edited by former Washington Post national reporter Jose Antonio Vargas. TVNewser: CNBC canceled former Forbes managing editor Dennis Kneale's "CNBC Reports," but he'll still anchor the network's "Power Lunch." Toledo... [FishBowlNY]

CNBC's Kneale Is Fed Up With Bloggers|Paste Survives...For Now|Trump's Libel Suit Dismissed|Cox Sells 3 Papers|Can Coffee Save Journalism? - Posted July 16, 2009
TVNewser: Dennis Kneale, former Forbes managing editor-turned-CNBC anchor, tells bloggers "Up Yours!" Folio: $250,000 in donations have saved Georgia-based music magazine Paste for now. Bloomberg: A judge has dismissed a libel case filed by Donald Trump against New York Times editor Timothy O'Brien. O'Brien's 2005 book, "TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald,"... [FishBowlNY]

The Sad State Of Business Mag's Advertising - Posted July 15, 2009
Following on the heels of the news last week that magazine advertising revenues were down last quarter (big surprise there), we then learned that BusinessWeek was up for sale. Could there possibly be some correlation? Well, see for yourself. Nat Ives at AdAge.com has put together this depressing chart, marking how ad... [FishBowlNY]

Oprah Tops ForbesWoman's List Of Media's Most Powerful Women - Posted July 15, 2009
Long before Mediaite.com was just a twinkle in Dan Abrams' eye, Forbes was ranking the richest people in the world, the most powerful celebrities and just about anything worth ranking. Today, the business magazine's sister publication, ForbesWoman has put out its list of the 30 most influential women in the media world.... [FishBowlNY]

Jeff Macke Leaves CNBC|BusinessWeek Offers Subscribers Special Online Version|WaPo Ombudsman Mourns Staff Cutbacks|Anastos Celebrates 4 Years At Fox 5|Cutbacks Take The Fun Out Of Forbes - Posted June 15, 2009
TVNewser: After weeks of speculation, CNBC has confirmed that Jeff Macke has left the network. Mediaweek: Starting next month, BusinessWeek will offer subscribers a special online version of the magazine. Washington Post: The Washington Post's ombudsman Andrew Alexander asks his fellow colleagues "What will become of the Post if it keeps cutting staff?"... [FishBowlNY]

Layoffs At The Hollywood Reporter|Glenn Beck Earns $23M, Makes Forbes List|Mortgage Originator Magazine Closes|Times Admits To Big Oops|TweetDeck Slows Times Computers - Posted June 4, 2009
FishbowlLA/TheWrap: The Hollywood Reporter cut about 10 staffers including Rose Einstein who joined THR in June 2007 as Vice President, Associate Publisher. TVNewser: Glenn Beck makes it on Forbes' Celebrity 100 list, raking in an estimated $23 million in the last year. Folio: Summit Business Media has folded monthly financial pub Mortgage... [FishBowlNY]

Layoffs At The Hollywood Reporter|Glenn Beck Earns $23M, Makes Forbes List|Mortgage Originator Magazine Closes|Times Admits To Big Oops|TweetDeck Slows Times Computers - Posted June 4, 2009
FishbowlLA/TheWrap: The Hollywood Reporter cut about 10 staffers including Rose Einstein who joined THR in June 2007 as Vice President, Associate Publisher. TVNewser: Glenn Beck makes it on Forbes' Celebrity 100 list, raking in an estimated $23 million in the last year. Folio: Summit Business Media has folded monthly financial pub Mortgage... [FishBowlNY]

More Cuts To Come At Forbes? - Posted May 15, 2009
It's been a tough year at Forbes. The media company, which owns Forbes magazine, Forbes.com and a handful of other magazines like Forbes Woman, has already gone through two rounds of layoffs across the business and editorial staffs and more bad news might be on the way. The New York Post's... [FishBowlNY]

Recession Puts Media Conferences On Hold - Posted May 6, 2009
Traditionally, media types like to party amongst themselves, dress up in tuxedos and eat chocolate fondue and call it an industry confab. But times are tough. As the print media shrinks, so too do the glitzy, pricey conferences. Both the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Magazine Publishers of America... [FishBowlNY]

Recession Puts Media Conferences On Hold - Posted May 6, 2009
Traditionally, media types like to party amongst themselves, dress up in tuxedos and eat chocolate fondue and call it an industry confab. But times are tough. As the print media shrinks, so too do the glitzy, pricey conferences. Both the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Magazine Publishers of America... [FishBowlNY]

Dog Days of Sumner - Posted July 23, 2007
Following a NYT story last week about Sumner Redstone's squabbles with his daughter Shari (and everyone else on the planet, really), the LAT hits the ol' man with a profile that leads with the ageist and jaw-droppingly presumptuous sentence: "In his twilight years, Sumner Redstone should be relaxed, fulfilled and enjoying the... [FishBowlLA]