The Forward is a weekly newspaper in New York City, New York, USA for people of the Jewish religion.
The newspaper is published once a week on Friday.
The Forward was launched in 1897 as a Yiddish-language daily newspaper in New York City called the Jewish Daily Foward. It served as a defender of trade unionism and moderate, democratic socialism. The founding editor of the paper was Abraham Cahan, who made it the voice of Jewish immigrants and the conscience of the ghetto.
Today the newspaper is a digital-only service in English and Yiddish covering the varieties of Jewish experience, offering "news that matters to American Jews." Print publication was ended after the release of the April 2019 issue. Owner The Forward Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded on April 22, 1897.
Circulation estimate: 21,023
This newspaper is owned by The Forward Association, Inc.
For Forward contact information, see the New York news media contacts at EasyMediaList.com.
The Forward Gets $500,000 from Craig Newmark Jodi Rudoren Named Editor in Chief of The Forward The Forward, Jewish Newspaper in New York City, Ends Print Publication
Abigail Jones is now digital features editor and Adam Langer arts and culture editor at Forward, effective August 2012. Jones joins from the iPad-only Daily, while Langer previously worked at Book. Forward appointed Dave Goldiner as deputy director of digital media and Bob Goldfarb as director of marketing and audience development, effective December 2011. Goldiner previously worked as a reporter and editor at New York Daily News, while Goldfarb previously served as president at The Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity. See all news about The Forward. Write a Forward review. Log in now if you are a Mondo Times member. If you are not a member, register for a free Mondo Times basic membership.
-- On July 16, 2019, The Forward said that it has received a donation of $500,000 from Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist. By offering online classified advertising mostly free of charge, Craigslist played a significant role in the decline of print media revenues in the 21st century. In April 2019, The Forward stopped publishing in print.
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, August 3, 2019
-- Former New York Times editor and reporter Jodi Rudoren is the new editor in chief of The Forward, the Jewish publication in New York City, the New York Times reported on July 23, 2019. Rudoren is expected to begin her new job in September.
The hiring of Rudoren follows The Forward's decision to end print publication. Along with that change, the company let go of almost 30 percent of its staff including Editor in Chief Jane Eisner and Executive Editor Dan Friedman.
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, August 3, 2019
-- This past spring, The Forward newspaper stopped publishing in print and switched to digital-only distribution. CEO and Publisher Rachel Fishman Feddersen told The New York Times that the paper has lost millions of dollars each year in recent years.
In a note to readers (link below), Feddersen wrote that "continuing to print, in both English and Yiddish, is no longer financially sustainable."
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