Top Forbes editor axed over secret $6M payment: report

Forbes fired its top editor after finding out he secretly raked in a cool $6 million from the founder of a company that does business with the publication, according to a report.

In an unrelated connection to Philadelphia, Randall Lane was the co-writer of a musical, The Sound of America, that debuted this summer at FringeArts.

Randall Lane saw the payment as a personal gift for advice given, but failed to disclose it.

Randall Lane, the magazine’s chief content officer, received the money from the founder of Shook Research, which has worked with Forbes on content about wealth advisers.