Forbes' Sponsored Content Bet Pays Off

Since launching its BrandVoice platform in 2010, Forbes has become one of the leaders in native advertising, fueling the debate over whether publishers should be running sponsored posts alongside—and sometimes indistinguishable from—editorial content. Ethics aside, the conceit seems to be working: In the wake of a Pew report that sponsorship advertising was up 40 percent in 2012, Forbes Media is touting the growth of its own revenues—thanks, in part, to its success with native ads.