Portfolio and writer split

Samantha Conti of Women’s Wear Daily reports Thursday that Conde Nast Portfolio and writer Lauren Goldstein Crowe are going their separate ways later this month. Conti wrote, “Goldstein Crowe, who’s been at the site for a year, said she will leave portfolio.com when her contract expires later this month. She said she decided not to […]

Financial journalism hits the big screen

Adam Hetrick of Playbill reports Wednesday that an upcoming movie “Confessions of a Shopaholic” will have a lead character employed as a business journalist. Hetrick wrote, “Tony Award winner John Lithgow and Oscar nominees Lynn Redgrave and Kristin Scott Thomas have joined the cast of the upcoming film ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic.’ “Based on Sophie […]

Conde Nast preparing to launch Portfolio and Wired in England

John Reynolds of MediaWeek writes Tuesday that Conde Nast is working on launching its two business magazines, Conde Nast Portfolio and Wired, in the United Kingdom later this year. Reynolds wrote, “However, should Condé Nast choose to do so, Portfolio will be launching into a challenging business magazine market. Last month, Press Holdings closed down […]

Portfolio matching competitors with newsstand sales

Irin Carmon and Stephanie Smith of Women’s Wear Daily write Tuesday that new business magaizne Conde Nast Portfolio appears to be matching its competitors in terms of newsstand sales. Carmon and Smith wrote, “Sources close to the magazine with access to its closely guarded circulation data say the title since the beginning of the year […]

Negotiating the CEO interview

Jack Flack of Conde Nast Portfolio writes Monday about how business journalists and PR people for companies negotiate with each other when it comes to interviewing the chief executive officer, and offers five rules. This comes after CNET reporter Elinor Mills‘ story about her interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Flack wrote, “Those negotiations, like […]

Where are CNBC's young viewers going?

Jeff Bercovici of Conde Nast Portfolio wonders Wednesday what’s happening to business news network CNBC‘s young viewers. The network has reported February viewers between the ages of 25 and 54 fell during its prime daytime shows. Bercovici wrote, “Two television analysts, meanwhile, said a variety of factors seemed to be at work. For one thing, […]

Ousted Portfolio editor returns to New York Times

Jim Impoco, the former deputy editor of Conde Nast Portfolio who was fired last year, is going back to the New York Times, where he had been the editor of the Sunday business section, writes John Koblin of the New York Observer. He will work on the Times Sunday magazine. Koblin wrote, “Magazine editor Gerald […]

If only we were all this lucky

Katherine Eban of Conde Nast Portfolio writes that New York Times business reporter Alex Berenson had a scoop literally land in his e-mail inbox when an attorney working for Eli Lilly & Co. sent him confidential information about a settlement instead of to another attorney — who happens to have the same last name. Eban […]

Conde Nast Portfolio's shopping spree

John Koblin of The New York Observer writes Wednesday about how business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio appears to have gone on another shopping spree to hire journalists. Koblin wrote, “Recently, Portfolio has gone on a significant shopping spree of its own. In mid-January, the magazine brought in longtime Vanity Fair contributor David Margolick to become […]

Kinsley offers Portfolio some advice

John Koblin of The New York Observer writes that Michael Kinsley, former editor of Slate and Harper’s, visited business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio recently to offer editor Joanne Lipman some advice. Koblin wrote, “Mr. Kinsley said Ms. Lipman had originally reached out to him and he’d said he’d write a memo. “‘I was talking to […]