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Lipman buys time to fix Portfolio as ad sales remain strong

Keith Kelly of The New York Post writes Wednesday that business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio‘s third issue will have 121 pages of ads, a strong showing that gives editor Joanne Lipman a chance to fix some issues on the editorial side.

One of those issues reared its head last week with the firing of deputy editor Jim Impoco.

Kelly wrote, “On the other hand, Lipman’s management problems are said to be deeper than just a personality clash with Impoco.

“One source said that she has never put out a magazine before and doesn’t seem to have clear ideas of what she wants. And while she has many veterans across the editorial, design and photo departments, she doesn’t defer to anyone.

“‘She thinks she is 100 percent right, 100 percent of the time,’ said one insider, who said the disaffection runs deep. ‘She just isn’t very collegial. The dissatisfaction is spread across all departments.'”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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