 Randall Lane |
Randall Lane has been named chief content officer at Forbes. Lane will focus on integrating editorial content across digital and print, developing more editorial franchises and working with contributors and the Forbes editorial team to develop more multiplatform reporting. In addition to his new role, Lane will also continue to serve as the editor of Forbes Magazine. He joined Forbes in 1991 and has served as reporter, staff writer and Washington bureau chief. “Randall is a unique and talented leader at Forbes,” said Forbes Media CEO Mike Federle. “He’s the perfect fit for this position as we continue to expand globally, build new editorial initiatives, reach new audiences and evolve to adjust to changing consumer behaviors.”
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Following on the heels of what the New York Post reports is a $100 million operating loss for 2017, Condé Nast appears to ready to perform some major surgery to the corporate side of its business—and the cuts aren’t just being considered for the print side of the company. According to the report, the company’s entertainment division, Condé Nast Entertainment, is also said to be under review. So far this year, there have been two rounds of layoffs at the company, paring over 200 jobs. With Hearst having acquired Rodale and Meredith sealing its deal to buy Time Inc., Condé is being suggested as a potential acquisition target itself. While Amazon, Google, Apple, Hearst and various venture capital firms are part of the rumor mill as regards possible buyers, the Post says company insiders say there no plans at present to sell the company.
 Jim Roberts |
Cheddar, a streaming financial news network that focuses on stocks and technology and is broadcast daily from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, has named Jim Roberts editor-in-chief. Roberts comes to Cheddar from the public strategy firm Mercury, where he has served as managing director. He has also worked as an editorial consultant for The Hill, was executive editor and chief content officer at Mashable, and spent over 25 years at the New York Times. Roberts’s hire is part of a drive by Cheddar to beef up its editorial product, an effort that includes the launching of a news reporting unit to be called “Cheddar Scoops.”
Michael Kaminer, who was responsible for the Observer’s “Power List” for the past 13 years, has cut ties with the publication... The New York Times Company continues the march toward its goal of 15 million subscribers by the end of 2027... The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is providing more than $6 million in funding to eight organizations working to address the challenges local news and information environments face along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Conservative outlets Fox News, Newsmax and the Daily Caller are holding back from signing Pete Hegseth’s edict restricting press access in the Pentagon... CBS News sees the first executive departure of the Bari Weiss era as head of standards and practices Claudia Milne exits... Indiana University shuts down the print version of The Indiana Daily Student.
Rothschild family plans to unload 26.7 percent stake in The Economist... STAT, a digital media company that focuses the life sciences, brings back Damian Garde, who anchored its biotech newsletter and podcast from 2016 to 2024... High Times officially resumes print publication (following its 2024 shutdown) with the release of a limited-edition, collectible 50th anniversary issue. 
CBS News is set to hand over its reins to The Free Press co-founder Bari Weiss as Paramount acquires her site for $155M... C-SPAN comes on board as an official media partner of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, which is charged by Congress to lead the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence... A new Gallup survey says that the level of trust that US audiences have in the media has hit a new low.
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has named Kenneth Weinstein, former head of the conservative Hudson Institute, as ombudsman for CBS News.
