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more about #forbes more comments → LeeroySpitzer: DIS GUY. more » TheBusinessGuy: Nest issue: Forbes' Top 50 Most Unemployed People in America #forbes more » Helio: Both the "magazine and print sides"? Isn't that the same thing? If it isn't, I agree with flippyjack this place sounds like it was bloated with "talen... more » TableNein: I wonder if the empty cubicles have that musky Victor Mature-like scent. #forbes more » Flippyjack: Am I missing something? A magazine that can lay off 50 editors and still have anyone left seems like it might have been overstaffed. Also, it's hard t... more » TheBusinessGuy: Does that screen grab suggest that Stossel is working while pregnant? Can I put my hand on his tummy? #media more » Mediahohoho: That screen grab looks like someone just told John Stossel how babies are made. #media more » Conchie Birdie: Someone needs to put The Chronicle out of its misery already. This is just getting wayyy too pathetic for my taste. ETA: You know if you subscribe no... more » mfnher: The screen grab of John Stossel just made my morning. Thank you. #media more » TheBusinessGuy: "Maintain...deepening...making shifts..." In other words, those who remain will be working longer, harder, and maybe for less pay. And while we cut ... more » Chore Boy: No doubt Steve's Aspergers will prevent him from making eye contact with the recently chopped as they clean out their cubicles, but they can rest easy... more » daveyjonesisdead: don't forget: all of these cutbacks count toward the total when determining the applicability of federal and state legislation re: notice period for l... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: part time could be worse than being laid off, because then you can't collect unemployment #media more » MisterHippity: Also, National Lampoon had tits. Funny! Tits! It was an unbeatable combo to me back in my 70s adolescence. #media more » Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: (I'm kind of embarrassed to admit this but I was always under the impression that National Lampoon was some kind of film series, not unlike American P... more » -
#printisdead
Ousted Forbes Employees Rumored To Be Shopping a Tell-All
Tipsters never rest! Today a source says that editors axed in brutal cuts at Forbes are rumored to be shopping a book about the Forbes brothers and a feud between them about the company's direction. More » -
#printisdead
Forbes Layoffs Are Here, and They're Brutal
The layoffs at Forbes, which we first reported on three weeks ago, arrived today, and we hear from inside the magazine that they're "real big.... huge," with a rumored 50 or so editorial staff let go. (Updates: LA+London bureaus gone.) More » -
#mediacrack
The Layoff Parade: Teen Vogue, Details, Forbes, Time Inc.
In your dark Tuesday media column: the layoff train is rollin' down the tracks that many magazines now regret installing in their offices, the San Francisco Chronicle flounders like a flounder, Wonkette hates Politico anew, and John Stossel vs. Lou Dobbs. More » -
#badnews
Here Come the Forbes Layoffs
Last week we heard large-scale layoffs are hitting Forbes this week. An insider tells us "at least three" sales staffers were canned today. FishbowlNY got an internal memo from Steve Forbes telling his staff about what's to come: More » -
#mediacrack
More Layoffs Coming at Forbes?
In your foreboding Friday media column: Rumors of impending Forbes layoffs, more details on the Conde Nast Traveler cuts this week, an editor quits over her commute(!), and a former AP newsman kills himself. More » -
#mediacrack
Clumsy Poseur Claimed He Was W Writer
In your downright fraudulent Friday media column: A fakester is claiming to work for W, Forbes is losing a top editor and National Lampoon will help your weekend arrive sooner. More » -
#rumormonger
Layoffs at Forbes?
A source close to Forbes tells us another layoff round is imminent, the third this year. Ouch.
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#leadership
Hitler: Great Leader, Not Perfect, Says Forbes Columnist
You know who was a good leader, according to Forbes "Leadership" columnist Sangeeth Varghese? Hitler. Showed a lot of gumption in WW1. And civil improvement? He was big on civil improvement. Of course, he had his drawbacks. More » -
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#therich
A Tech Idol's Comedown
Remember how brightly Peter Thiel's star was shining just last year? The PayPal co-founder's early Facebook investment started looking brilliant, his hedge fund returns were stellar and he debuted on the Forbes 400 list. My, how things change. More » -
#journalismism
Story Magically Re-Appears Three Weeks Later in Competing Outlet
Forbes, September 2: "Scott Gould happily ditched the securities market for a restaurant job." WSJ, yesterday: "Scott Gould went from trader to waiter-by choice." It's almost as if one followed the other for some easily determined reason. We'll never know. -
#journalismism
The Forbes Powerful Women Randomly Ranked List
In its maniacal zeal to crank out endless lists of arbitrarily arranged names, Forbes has ranked the world's women by power. Did you know that Guler Sabanci, the chairman of Turkey's Sabanci Holdings, is more powerful than Oprah? It's true More » -
#forbes
Steve Forbes' Desperation For Bestseller Credibility: Having Employees Expense His Book
You'd think Steve Forbes would be content having his name slathered all over his various properties. You'd be wrong, because Forbes wants to be the author of a bestseller, too. Badly. Badly enough to spend company money buying his book. More » -
#bloglash
How CNBC Dennis Kneale Begged for Blogger Bile
If half the rumors about Dennis Kneale are true, the CNBC host has good reason to fear bloggers and curse them on air. So why is he telling people privately that he manufactured his feud with bloggers for buzz? More » -
#traderoundup
Wait, Is Tyler Perry Jewish?
Between the Wizards and the Avatar there's a lot of money floating through Hollywood right now. Vast riches unknown by the average shmo! Sure glad we have the Jews to take care of it for us. More » -
#shutuptwitter
Longest Tweet Ever Sucks Up to Boss
Exploiting a loophole in Twitter's gateway for external software, a Forbes reporter posted what the magazine claims is the longest tweet ever. What did fearless Taylor Buley do with all 247 characters? Buttered up publisher Steve Forbes, of course. More » -
#mediacrack
Would a Black President And Black Commentators Be Too Much Black?
In your intermittently gloomy Monday media column: a new font at the New York Times, a fantastical price for the Boston Globe, black people would like to be invited on television sometimes, and the recession proves Steve Forbes right: More » -
#thebeautymyth
Prominent Feminist Explains Why Angelina Jolie Is Best Thing, Ever
Angelina Jolie was named Forbes' "most powerful celeb in the world" last week. Naomi Wolf, in the new issue of Harper's Bazaar (?) thinks it's cuz Brangie "brings together almost every aspect of female empowerment and liberation." Or something like that. [Jezebel] -
#mediacrack
Are 637 Identical Obama Books Enough?
In your warming Wednesday media column: Steve Forbes is in your pocket, insulting your bosses in your competitor's paper may damage your career, somebody fucking finally does not write an Obama book, and much more!: More » -
#scandal
Did Apple's Ex-CFO Rat Out Steve Jobs?
Forbes has a cover story on how Steve Jobs got himself in hot water with the SEC over stock options. The magazine is part-owned by former Apple CFO Fred Anderson. Do the math. More » -
#twitterati
The Twitterati Attract Another Stalker
Looks like we have some competition for tracking the media elite's bleat-replete tweets! Our competitive edge: We bring you the very worst of the Twitterati. Today's targets: More »
