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The $15 Million DJ

December 1st, 2012 by Zack | No Comments

The $15 Million DJ

Skrillex and his fellow EDM artists are spinning a new model for the entire music industry.


Around the World: Part VI

June 17th, 2010 by Zack | 3 Comments

Around the World: Part VI

In which Zack journeys to Hong Kong, Macau, and The Real China.


Around the World: Part V

June 14th, 2010 by Zack | 3 Comments

Around the World: Part V

In which Zack visits Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and, sort of accidentally, Oman.


Around the World: Part IV

June 8th, 2010 by Zack | 1 Comment

Around the World: Part IV

In which Zack travels to Berlin and debunks the myth of the jelly doughnut.


Around the World: Part III

June 5th, 2010 by Zack | 2 Comments

Around the World: Part III

In which Zack becomes aware of German singer Lena and eats questionable meat.


Around the World: Part II

June 4th, 2010 by Zack | 2 Comments

Around the World: Part II

In which Zack shatters dreams in Innsbruck and sees Plastic People in Prague.


Around the World: Part I

May 28th, 2010 by Zack | 2 Comments

Around the World: Part I

Guinness breakfast, French charity, and technical difficulties early in my trip ’round the globe.


California Dreamin’

May 10th, 2010 by Zack | No Comments

California Dreamin’

My latest published work: roadtripping through California.


David Ortiz Has 99 Problems, Jay-Z is One

April 21st, 2010 by Zack | No Comments

David Ortiz Has 99 Problems, Jay-Z is One

A few thoughts on the 40/40 fiasco.


Observations From Fantasy Baseball’s Mecca

April 21st, 2010 by Zack | No Comments

Observations From Fantasy Baseball’s Mecca

Wisdom from the Tout Wars rotisserie auction at Citi Field.


Zack O'Malley Greenburg is a Forbes senior editor and author of the Jay-Z biography Empire State of Mind. He's now writing his second book, Michael Jackson, Inc, for Simon & Schuster. Zack pens The Beat Report at Forbes, where he has worked for the past five years, profiling subjects from Justin Bieber to Jon Bon Jovi. Zack has also written for the Washington Post, Sports Illustrated, Vibe and McSweeney's; guest-lectured at Yale, Harvard and Georgetown; and appeared as a source for BBC, MTV, E! and CNN. Full bio here.

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Zack has written over 500 articles for Forbes, Forbes Asia and Forbes.com; his stories on music, business, travel and sports have taken him from the back rooms of New York’s Apollo Theater to the rail yards of Omaha to the diamond mines of Sierra Leone--and, most terrifying of all, the bleachers of Fenway Park. Here are some of his subjects, and links to the resulting stories:

50 Cent | Afrika Bambaataa | Alicia Keys | Akon | Ben Horowitz (of Andreessen Horowitz) | Bill Gates (sort of) | Birdman | B.o.B | Bon Jovi | Branson B | Bruno Mars | Chuck Leavell (of The Rolling Stones) | David Archuleta | David Banner | Delta Rae | DJ Pauly D | Dr. Ruth | Ed Sheeran | Electronic Cash Kings | Fab 5 Freddy | Flo Rida | Hip-Hop Cash Kings | The Jacksons | Jay-Z | Justin Bieber | Kevin Liles | L'Arc-En-Ciel | Lil Jon | LL Cool J | Lyor Cohen | Ludacris | Mac Miller | Mark Teixeira | Mr. T | Music's 30 Under 30 | Nas | Natasha Bedingfield | Noel Lee (of Monster Cable) | Pharrell Williams | Red Dillard | Richard Branson | Russell Simmons | Scooter Braun | Sean Paul | Skrillex | Slash | Steve Stoute | Steve Wozniak | Swizz Beatz | T.I. | Timbaland | Wale | Wiz Khalifa

BUSINESS, MAN.