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Mark Di Stefano

How to buy a masthead and influence people

Last month, iconic US magazine company Forbes, best known for putting round numbers on the world’s wealthiest people, went up for sale after plans to go public during SPAC-mania fell apart.

Forbes’ owners are now searching for a buyer in a magazine market that’s been structurally upended by Instagram, LinkedIn and now TikTok.

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Mark Di Stefano is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mark.distefano@afr.com

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