The Gawker web site is also reporting that former New York Times investigative business reporter Kurt Eichenwald is steamed in his new job at Conde Nast Portfolio because his big story that was supposed to run in the premiere issue is now not running in the second issue as well.
Gawker reported, “We’re also told that Eichenwald is steamed that Portfolio editor-in-chief Joanne Lipman won’t let him resell the piece. Her reasoning is that he shouldn’t because the magazine is paying him so well for his work. ‘He’s pissed,’ a source at the magazine said.
“It’s a tense time at Portfolio in general, report staffers. The next issue, dated September, is ramping up for a late July close.
“Eichenwald is still under contract to the magazine, but there’s speculation among staffers that the magazine is hoping he’ll just leave quietly on his own accord. We imagine the lawyer-happy fella would undoubtedly not respond well to his contract being broken.”
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