“Fake Steve Jobs” blogger exposed as Forbes editor


A blogger calling himself “Fake Steve Jobs” revealed himself as an editor of Forbes business magazine.


A blogger calling himself “Fake Steve Jobs,” whose parody of the Apple chief executive amused and enthralled Silicon Valley, revealed himself on Sunday as an editor of Forbes business magazine.

Dan Lyons, a senior editor at Forbes, admitted to writing as Fake Steve after a New York Times reporter found resemblances between the blog and Lyons’ published work and asked him whether he was behind the long-running satire.

The blog has even spawned an upcoming book by Fake Steve, a satirical novel called “Options” due out in November.

As for Fake Steve, the blog will move to Forbes’ Web site from today while Lyons takes a break for a few days.

Uh, you can order copies of his book from his website.

Posted: Mon - August 6, 2007 at 08:00 AM