Forbes.com Senior Editor Arik Hesseldahl No. 1 'Most Frequently Searched Online Journalist' According to PR News And MediaMap Research

Business Wire, March 3, 2003

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2003

Forbes.com (www.forbes.com) Senior Editor Arik Hesseldahl was recognized as the "Most Frequently Searched Online Journalist" in the Feb. 17 issue of PR News, among MediaMap's user base of more than 25,000 professionals in public relations agencies and corporate communications departments worldwide. PR News partners with MediaMap once a month to provide research for the publication's weekly column, called "Media Metrics."

Hesseldahl writes Forbes.com's daily "Ten O'Clock Tech" column, and also covers a range of technology topics - including security, networks, semiconductors, wireless, gadgets, energy and NASA. He has appeared on CNNfn, the FOX News Channel, and Tech TV among other media outlets.

"Arik's range and expertise makes him the obvious first person to turn to for authoritative news and insight on so many tech topics," said Paul Maidment, editor Forbes.com.

"Our real-time business and technology reporting is second to none," said Jim Spanfeller, Forbes.com president and CEO. "The minute-to-minute reporting that Arik and his colleagues do every day, makes Forbes.com the leading business site in the world."

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