Posts tagged as Forbes
Forbes' 2010 "Hip-Hop Cash Kings" List, With Musical Accompaniment
You might not know it from the way that they dress or the kinds of cars they drive, but some rap music artists make a very respectable living. Forbes magazine, in fact, has made an annual tradition out of their listing the biggest earners in the field. This year's edition came out this week. But it's important to remember that these artists also make music. So here's Forbes' list, augmented by each of these very wealthy individual's best recorded musical performance. READ MORE
The Awl Fabricated 15: Our Annual Ranking of the Most-Read Fictional Publications
Global markets are rapidly recovering from the 2008 financial crisis, and so are the circulations of the fictitious. There are 15 new publications on the 2010 edition of Fabricated 15, our (could be!) annual ranking of fictional print publications with circulations greater than their real-world counterparts. READ MORE
Finance Fiction Pales Beside Finance Fact
Forbes magazine is a rich trove of unintended satire, with its brand scion, Steve Forbes, AKA the Fauntleroy who dreamed of being president, conveniently furnishing the bulk of the entertainment. So it's hard to know how, exactly, one should greet the Forbes brand's dalliance with the idea of deliberate mirth-making, via its annual roster of make-believe plutocrats, packaged as "The Forbes Fictional 15." At the least, the exercise feels redundant-after all, if one hies over to the adulatory lists that furnish the template for the package thrown together by editors Michael Noer and David M. Ewalt, there's plenty of fiction already there to be descried between the lines. Take the Forbes recent ranking of the World's Billionaires. For one thing, the concentration of mega-wealth into a few privileged hands is far from a reliable indicator of an economy's overall well being, as research from economists Curtis Eaton and Mukesh Eswaran demonstrates. READ MORE
Aniston, Jolie Saga Good For Everyone Who Needs Traffic
Forbes takes its traffic-whoring creation of galleries based on arbitrary and manipulable metrics to new heights today, with the 2009 list of Hollywood's top-earning actresses. Shockingly, it's a battle between Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston! Just like in the tabloids! Nice work, fellas!
The Totally Awesome Recession
Forbes' Elisabeth Eaves looks at the bright side of These Troubled Times: "OMG you guys how good is this recession? I mean, it sucks if you don't have, like, money or a job or anything, but I totally just refi'd the mortgage on my place and it's like banks are trying to GIVE me money. Plus, it is totally time to shop. Not just on apartments either! Those bitches behind the counters at fancy clothes stores and those preening 'mos in restaurants could not pretend to be more thrilled to see you! And, like, even if you do lose your job, did you really want to to be doing it in the first place? I mean, obvs, I've still got my gig, but if you've just lost yours you should think of it as a total opportunity to do whatever it was you always wanted to do before you had to worry about money and stuff, which I guess you no longer have to do or else I wouldn't be making this suggestion. And, sure, the city's going to get a little bit dirtier, but think of how much creative excitement there's going to be? I mean, whatevs, okay, you get mugged, but if you're poor anyway how much can they really take from you? Seriously, how brills is this whole terrible economy you guys? BEST RECESSION EVER!"
The Survivor's Guide For The Affluent Idiot
Oh dear oh dear oh dear. Forbes magazine, which makes a point of being far too genteel for morale-boosting, is now dispensing Oprah-style advice to its plutocratic readership. Last week, a cover package was assembled: a "Survivor's Guide for the Affluent," and the introductory text wastes little time making with the tough love. There's the chilling report from New York society photographer Patrick McMullan that his subjects are stinting on party comestibles: "There used to be caviar; now we are seeing a lot more carrots." There's Annelise Peterson, "a socialite and fashion consultant" (read: publicist) who testifies that "disguised shopping"-scoring the odd fur at a charity event or "celebrity-sponsored rummage sale"-has become "something of a surreptitious sport." READ MORE
