By Justin Berkowitz
November 14, 2008
I’m not the only online automotive writer that got the pink slip this month. Forbes Autos has been shut down. Not to speak ill of the dead, but the site was mostly “Buyers Guide” fluff with the occasional top ten list. With manufacturers pulling their advertising dollars (likely to be spent on perks for the executives), sites like Forbes are taking a major league revenue hit. As such, their scribes are welcome to join me in the land of unemployment.
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November 14th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Who would go to Forbes for buying advice? Isn’t that where Jerry Flint works now?
November 14th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Oh no! Where will I go for daily Top 10 lists of meaningless information easily culled from the most obvious sources?
November 14th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Has Jerry Flint seen the light?
http://www.forbes.com/2008/11/13/gm-bankruptcy-bailout-biz-manufacturing-cz_jf_1114flint.html?partner=yahootix
November 14th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
See? It’s all a part of those three million jobs that will be lost!
November 14th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Didn’t you guys apply for your bailout? A few million dollars (MERE PENNIES!!!!) could have kept the auto journalists afloat until the economy improves……….
November 14th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Damn, I guess I’ll have to find my “Top 10 Hatchbacks for Lefthanded Immigrant Bagpipe Technicians” content elsewhere.
November 15th, 2008 at 6:41 am
Great! No more stupid “Top 10 cars for …” lists.
November 15th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Samir, as a left-handed immigrant bagpipe technician, I am offended! We are currently lobbying for a bailout of the bagpipe industry and we DON’T need your negativism.
November 15th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
There’s another best list from Forbes on Yahoo today. Apparently the Ford Festiva is coming out soon.