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 renew under the terms offered to her. ‘It was always meant to be a part-time gig I could do while writing the unauthorized Jimmy Choo story,’ she said. ‘It taught me a lot about the Internet, and I have no regrets.’

“According to industry sources, portfolio.com doesn’t want to invest heavily in fashion coverage, but still wants a presence at the international collections, and to be a force in the fashion business media.

“However, a spokeswoman for Portfolio said both the magazine and the Web site will be ramping up their fashion coverage over the next few months. ‘We will continue to cover fashion aggressively on the Web site — it’s too important a business category not to cover,’ said the spokeswoman (who happens to work at a company whose major business is publishing fashion magazines). ‘As the site has evolved, our needs have changed.’

“She declined to comment on whether Goldstein Crowe would be replaced.”

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