Portfolio striking deals to expand web sites visits
Amy Wicks of Women’s Wear Daily reports Wednesday how new business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio is striking deals with other media outlets to direct readers to its web site. Wicks wrote, “The Web site has formed a partnership with washingtonpost.com that will provide content for the Post’s new Business Travel section, targeted at frequent flyers. […]
Why is Ben Stein writing about the economy in the NYT biz section?
Felix Salmon of Conde Nast Portfolio wants to know why economist/actor Ben Stein is writing a column in the Sunday New York Times that is full of errors. Salmon noted that Stein got facts about former Wall Street analyst Henry Blodget wrong in his column on Sunday, and that he misquoted himself. Salmon wrote, “Stein, […]
Newhouse rips up Portfolio
Keith Kelly of The New York Post reports that Conde Nast CEO Si Newhouse met this week with Conde Nast Portfolio editor Joanne Lipman and gave a detailed list of what needed to be changed in the business glossy. Kelly wrote, “When the meeting was over, a flurry of Newhouse-dictated changes ensued, and that had […]
Portfolio publisher: Negative reaction isn't unusual
David Carey, the publisher of new business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio, said at the 2007 Folio: Show luncheon on Monday that the criticism about the publication isn’t unusual based on his past experience, according to a post on the Folio web site. The post stated, “‘Launching a big, thick business magazine in 2007, who thought […]
The late Friday afternoon news release
Conde Nast Portfolio blogger Jack Flack marvels at the beauty of a late Friday afternoon news release in his latest post. Flack wrote, “Starting around lunchtime on Fridays, Jack Flack always keeps his head low and his eyes open. “Why? “Because that’s the traditional release period for bad news from commercial enterprises. Every flack knows […]
New deputy editor at Portfolio
Michael Calderone of The New York Observer reports Thursday that Blaise Zerega, managing editor of Conde Nast Portfolio will be taking over the job of deputy editor–a position left vacant since the high-profile firing of Jim Impoco last month. Also, New Yorker managing editor Jacob Lewis will be joining Portfolio to take Zerega’s role. The […]
Portfolio still showing strong ad sales
Keith Kelly of The New York Post writes Wednesday that the October issue of new business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio is still showing strong ad sales. Kelly wrote that the October issue is “down by only five pages from the 122 ad pages that went into the September issue. “Originally, David Carey, the president and […]
No editor's letter in latest Portfolio
Stephanie Smith of Women’s Wear Daily wonders why there is no letter from editor Joanne Lipman in the latest issue of business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio. Smith wrote, “Though Lipman penned letters in the first two issues of the Condé Nast business title, she’s opted not to include one for the foreseeable future. ‘The first […]
Biz media blames credit agencies for mortgage meltdown
TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow writes Monday that the business media is falsely blaming credit rating agencies — which have been blamed for all of the financial problems of the past 20 years — for the woes in the mortgage industry. Kantrow wrote, “Even the luxury-addled minds over at Condé Nast’s Portfolio cottoned onto this […]
Who is Jack Flack?
Remember the disclosure last month by the New York Times that Forbes senior editor Daniel Lyons was the writer behind the Fake Steve Jobs blog? It had been hotly debated for nearly a year in the blogging world as to the true identity of the writer. Well, I’d like to throw down a new challenge: […]
