The New York Post has a report card for the first issue of Conde Nast Portfolio. It gets an A+ for readability, a B- for cover and design, a C+ for wow factor and a D for breaking news. The overall grade is a B-.
“‘It looks like Vanity Fair Lite,’ said Steve Cohn, editor of Media Industry Newsletter. He said he expects better in late August when Lipman’s new mag turns to regular monthly frequency.
“Roger Black, a veteran magazine designer, said that in going with a cityscape cover for its debut issue, Portfolio seemed to be going for a vintage Fortune look. (Usually a cover with no people is death, but since this arguably could be on the newsstand for three months, it artfully avoids looking dated. Just don’t do it again.)
“Said Black: ‘One thing about Condé Nast launches – if they don’t get it right at the beginning, they’ll just go back and redesign and rework.'”
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