Media Kit 2025
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FORBES MISSION
Offering people knowledge, inspiration and connections needed to achieve success.
A benchmark thought leader in business journalism
WITH A HISTORY SPANNING MORE THAN 100 YEARS, FORBES ITALY CONTINUES TO SHAPE THE LANDSCAPE OF GLOBAL BUSINESS THROUGH ITS JOURNALISM OF EXCELLENCE.
Forbes celebrates success
Forbes highlights the world’s most influential leaders, entrepreneurs and industry innovators who are driving change, revolutionizing business and leaving a significant impact on society.
Forbes promotes innovation
Forbes provides platforms and resources that help business leaders, global brands, and an international audience innovate to build a better future.
Forbes creates community
Forbes connects entrepreneurs, visionaries and pioneers, creating a space where change takes shape and inspires new ideas.
A media brand of reference
The Forbes Italy team brings together the best professionals to engage a global audience, reaching the ideal target audience in the most strategic moments and contexts.
Forbes Italy’s Target Audience
With a presence in 40 countries, Forbes combines global influence with strong local roots.
The Lists
Always the most authoritative and influential rankings on the leading players in the global business community. Each year, Forbes rankings chronicle success in all its forms. From Forbes’ Billionaires, the richest people in the world, to the young talents of the Under 30s and more. FORBES LISTS
Forbes Italy’s multimedia platforms
Forbes offers brands, business leaders and audiences across Italy resources and platforms that promote success and ignite innovation.
Website
The Forbes Italia website is the digital reference point for news, insights and analysis on the world of business, economics and innovation, with content updated daily to inform and inspire leaders and professionals.
Events
Forbes Italy organizes high-profile events that bring together leaders, companies and entrepreneurs. These meetings offer a unique opportunity for networking and exchange on key business and innovation topics.
Social
Forbes Italia’s social channels amplify the brand message, reaching a wide audience with exclusive content, real-time updates and direct interactions, building an active community and informed one.
Podcast
Forbes Italy podcasts offer exclusive conversations with entrepreneurs, innovators, creators and industry leaders, exploring business trends and success stories.
Forbes Italy magazine is an authoritative source for in-depth articles, interviews and exclusive rankings, dedicated to those who want to stay up-to-date on trends and key players in the economic landscape.
Video
Forbes Italy’s video production takes excellent journalism to a new level through video interviews, reports, podcasts and sponsored content, offering visibility and storytelling tailored to partners.
Opportunities of Collaboration
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Forbes Events
A meeting place for leaders and influential voices
Forbes Italy events, supported by our landmark editorial content, bring together thought leaders and industry icons in both physical and virtual or hybrid formats. These gatherings promote dialogue and fuel strategic conversations to drive progress in key industries.
We connect communities that generate impact
Iconic Nights
Most Powerful Chef • Unconventional
Excellence • Winter Gala • Unconventional Wineries • Galà al Vinitaly • Sport & Innovation
• Mostra del Cinema Roma
Roadshow
Small Giants • Italian Excellence
Online Events
Digital Revolution • Empower The Future
Forbes Celebrations
Eccellenze F&B • Professionals • Under 30 •
Women’s Week • Top Creators Awards • CMO
• CEO Awards • Salone del Mobile • Opening
Party - Sanremo • Casa Sanremo • Private Banking Awards • Winaries
Forbes Talk
Healthcare Summit • Nuovo Rinascimento • AI • Infrastrutture & Trasporti • Lifestyle
50+ Events per year
11k+ Total participants (2018 to present)
63% Leaders and Entrepreneurs
Calendar of Events 2025
JENUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
Italian
Cosenza
Calendar of Events 2025
SEPTEMBER
Exclusive content for your brand’s success
The Forbes Italy team produces and distributes awardwinning content that generates awareness, interest and action through large-scale storytelling and innovative design solutions.
Brand Voice
Our flagship content marketing product offers brands tailored opportunities to connect with Forbes audiences through authentic thought leadership and high-impact storytelling. In recent years, Forbes Italy has partnered with hundreds of leading brands, publishing more than 500 posts and reaching more than 1 million readers, enhancing our customers’ experience within Forbes’ trusted editorial environment.
Insights
Forbes Insights works with brands to develop and distribute research and content that helps shape the future of business through practical information. Key communities it targets include C-Level executives, leaders, high net worth individuals, and small business owners.
Print Formats, Pricing & Specifications
Print Formats
PAGINA
PAGINA SINGOLA
DOPPIA PAGINA INTERNA COPERTINA
II DI COPERTINA
IV DI COPERTINA
II
Print Specifications
SINGLE PAGE
DOUBLE PAGE
Image resolution
266-300 dpi.
RGB and LAB color images are not acceptable.
Preparing Files
Create documents in portrait mode without resizing or rotating. When abundance is required, provide +5 millimeters beyond the cut area. Include all standard cut marks, abundance marks, and register marks outside the image area.
Export
PDF/X1a, with high-resolution CMYK or grayscale images and all embedded fonts. Files created with applications such as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, QuarkXpress, and Pagemaker are not acceptable.
Specifications Inserts
DUINO INSERT
TWO-PANEL INSERT
Format mm 203x267
Printed 4/4 colors, glossy coated paper gr/sqm 200 PEFC, glossy acrylic varnish bca and vta, paperback between a marking and the other.
EXTERNAL
COVER FLAP
THREE-PANEL SLIP-IN INSERT
Format mm 200+195x267
Printed 4/4 colors, glossy coated paper gr/sqm 200 PEFC, glossy acrylic varnish bca and vta, paperback between signatures and the other.
FOUR-PANEL WINDOW INSERT
Format mm 200+195x267
Printed 4/4 colors, glossy coated paper gr/sqm 200 PEFC, glossy acrylic varnish bca and vta, paperback between signatures and the other.
PERFORATED DETACHABLE INSERT
Format mm 203x267
Printed 4/4 colors, glossy coated paper gr/sqm 200 PEFC, glossy acrylic varnish bca and vta, paperback between a marking and the other.
COSMETIC SACHET APPLICATION INSERT
Format mm 195+200+200+195x267
Printed 4/4 colors, glossy coated paper gr/sqm 200 PEFC, glossy acrylic varnish bca and vta, paperback between signatures and the other.
Gluing with removable glue dot on outer pages of a (right) sachet or flat spray marking (size of about mm 60x90) provided by us.
The operation is planned with automatic process in fixed position inside the page; feasibility will have to be verified and positioning accuracy will be subject to tolerances inherent in the process. it is possible that the glue will generate halos on the opposite page due to absorption of paper fibers.
OFFSET PRINTING SETUPS
• Size closed trimmed mm 188x267 - open mm 376x267
• Inside printed in 4/4 scale colors on paper supplied by us with PEFC certification. Your choice: glossy coated paper gr/ sq.m. 130 or use non-smooth coated paper gr/sq.m. 120.
• Cover 4 pages printed in 4/4 wcolor scale on paper supplied by us with PEFC certification. Your choice: glossy coated paper of gr/sqm 200 or unsmoothed use of gr/sqm 170
• Saddle-stitched 2-staple packaging and subsequent binding inside the Forbes Magazine
• Packaging and return together with Forbes Magazine to which it will be attached (extra deliveries should be valued)
Note 1) the cover will have, on one of the two leaves, a nail of about 10 mm necessary for the binding of the Insert inside the Magazine.
The perforation on this fingernail, parallel to the long side, will allow the tearing of the Insert which, leafing through Forbes, will show either the IV of the cover or the front cover, but upside down. After the detachment, the nail will still remain attached to the Magazine.
Note 2) the ‘Insert may be paperbacked only between markings of the inner ones (if 128 pp = 4/32, if 144 pp = 4/32+1/16) after appropriate technical verification before confirming it to the Client.
Digital files provided by the Client in Acrobat PDF 1.4 or higher format, CMYK images with unique ICC Profile assigned consistent with printing technology and media, accompanied by certified and repeatable proofs complete with control color scale. If files in different formats or uncertified color proofs are supplied, please let us know in order to agree in advance on the operating mode, execution time and possible related costs.
Calendar Attachments 2025
Jenuary Small Giants
February Eccellenze
March Small Giants
April Professionals
May Small Giants
June
July Small Giants
August
September Small Giants
October
November Small Giants
December Responsibility
Calendar Specials 2025
Jenuary Well-being
February Export & Internationalization
March Engines - Welfare & Social Sustainability
April Travel - Salone Special + Design - AI - Business Peace May
June
October
Online Formats, Pricing & Specifications
Online Advertising Formats
MASTHEAD
jpeg, gif
100 KB
970x250 px
SKIN
TOWER
jpeg
200 KB
1920x1080 px
The Masthead is placed between the header of the site and the body of the page and is an ideal solution for conveying high-impact creativity.
BOX MOBILE
jpeg
200 KB
300x600 px
The Skin format provides exclusive sponsorship of the header background. It is an ideal format for campaigns that require high brand visibility.
The Banner Tower format occupies a side column of the site, ideal for campaigns that aim to capture attention without interfering with the main content.
jpeg
200 KB
1280x720 px
jpeg, gif, mp4
100 KB
300x250 px
The Splash Screen format appears full screen when the site opens, providing maximum visibility for highimpact campaigns.
The Medium Rectangle has a shape that makes it easy and immediate to execute any creative subject.
SPLASH SCREEN
Forbes Selections
The buying guide by Forbes Italy
We know our audience’s buying preferences and when they are most likely to buy.
Forbes Selections
Forbes Selections chooses the best products and services for ambitious, quality-conscious people, helping them live their best lives without compromise.
Our recommendations come from careful research conducted by the team of consumer experts and industry specialists to offer only the best recommendations to discerning readers.
Forbes Selections also offers sponsorships and other paid opportunities in our shopping events, in line with an influential buying public.
Are you interested in sponsorship opportunities with Forbes Selections? Email marketing@forbes.it
Media Kit 2025
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