Conde Nast boss Si Newhouse will have you know that that rumor going around about him going to Europe to work out the details of replacingVogue editor Anna Wintour with her French counterpart is utter hogwash! "This is the silliest rumor I ever heard," Condé Nast's Si Newhouse told us via flack (first quoted in the Wall Street Journal). "There is no truth to it." Si finally sent in his denial from Europe, where he is, ah, not talking to anybody about any magazine jobs. [Pic: NYO]
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Si Newhouse Poo-Poos Wintour Retirement Rumor [Conde Nast]
Posted: December 2nd, 2008, 4:57pm CST by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: Conde Nast
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How Long Will Si Newhouse Support Portfolio's Editor? [Conde Nast]
Posted: July 21st, 2008, 12:20pm CDT by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: Conde Nast
A long Times profile yesterday of Conde Nast chairman Si Newhouse describes him as a shy, unassuming man who putters around the office quietly in an old sweatshirt. This can lead to a pleasant work environment, but also some surprises: "Despite the influence he wields, Mr. Newhouse so defers to his editors and dislikes confrontation that a number of them have said over the years that their first indication of trouble came when he fired them." Notably, the piece gives no indication at all that Conde Nast is nervous about the struggles of its $100 million business magazine, Portfolio. But does that mean its editor, Joanne Lipman, is really safe?With a boss like Si Newhouse, it seems doubtful that Lipman should get too comfortable. She does have a couple of things going for her: Her credentials (Ivy League, WSJ) are strong, which Newhouse respects; and the fact that she is a woman who has worked her way up. One only has to look at the histories of Vogue editor Anna Wintour and former Vanity Fair and New Yorker editor Tina Brown to see that Newhouse has never backed down from supporting women in top editorial posts even when others questioned his decision. In those cases, his commitment paid off. With Lipman, the payoff is far less assured.
And here's what she should really think about: the newest rumor is that Conde Nast execs have now started to whisper about supposed distinctions between a "launch editor" and an actual, long-term editor. Lipman oversaw Portfolio's launch, and garnered herself a lot of critics in the process. Creating a situation in which "launch editor" was considered a job in itself—and not an automatic qualification as editor-in-chief for years to come—could conceivably be a way to gently ease Lipman out in favor of someone more popular and experienced. Thanks for the help with the launch, we'll handle the rest now, Joanne!
Would Si Newhouse buy into such a plan? It's impossible to know! He is loath to be pressured into decisions, which could actually work in Lipman's favor. Everyone will have to wait for the quiet boss in the raggedy clothes to make up his mind.
[NYT]
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Copy Editing Cliches [Jobs]
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 2:03pm CDT by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: Conde Nast
A media company identifying itself as "Cond Nast Publications" is in need of a copy editor. Specifically, the ad says, "TheAssociate Copy Editorreviews copyedited text." Urgent, please apply now! Click through for a screengrab of thisjobopportunity.
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Your Mission: A Murderous Rampage At Conde Nast [Pic Of The Day]
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 10:52am CDT by Nick Denton
Tags: Conde Nast
A Grand Theft Auto obsessive has matched up vistas from the hit Rockstar videogame with the real New York City. Here's the Conde Nast skyscraper in Times Square (at left) compared with the equivalent tower in Liberty City's 'Star Junction' (at right). Any GTA fans want to create mayhem in the magazine group's lobby, mow down a few Vogue interns, and send us a videograb of the results? [Matthew Johnston's Flickr page]
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No Guests At Portfolio's First Birthday [Joanne Lipman]
Posted: April 29th, 2008, 2:47pm CDT by Nick Denton
Tags: Conde Nast
Portfolio editor Joanne Lipman is to ring the stock market's opening bell tomorrow morning at 9.30am, to mark the first anniversary of the Conde Nast business magazine. It's a distinct honor for Portfolio, or would be—but for one detail. Lipman will be kicking off trading not on the real floor but on the Nasdaq electronic exchange. The ceremony will take place at the Nasdaq's unpopulated "market site" round the corner from the magazine's offices—before an audience of bewildered Times Square tourists. (Easy dig: they may represent the confused business title's target demographic.)
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Ashlee Simpson Can’t Get Paid
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 1:33pm CDT
Tags: Ashlee Simpson Conde Nast travelers
With her new album Bittersweet World hitting stores this Tuesday, April 22nd, as well as shotgun wedding and pregnancy rumors, there’s a lot going in the life of Ashlee Simpson.
And the “La La” singer seemed to be doing just fine at last night’s Conde Nast Traveler’s 8th annual Hot List issue party, held at New York’s Mansion.
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Jacob Lewis Has It, Joanne Lipman Doesn't [Portfolio Magazine]
Posted: April 9th, 2008, 10:48am CDT by Nick Denton
Tags: Conde Nast
Portfolio's Joanne Lipman must be chafing at the New York Observer's flattering profile of her managing editor, Jacob Lewis. For sure, John Koblin's piece is the first positive coverage of the business magazine in a while. But almost every passage, while praising the new managing editor's calming influence on the troubled Conde Nast title, is an implied criticism of Lipman's management style.
Take this quote from Jesse Eisinger, a senior staff writer: “He’s made the trains run on time in some basic, fundamental way that as a start-up we were having problems with.” Later in the piece, an anonymous staffer, quite possibly Eisinger again on background, explains that Lipman brought in newspaper veterans who didn't understand that magazines required a proper mix of stories. “I don’t think everyone understood that coming in here, and I think they’re still learning it, but it’s basic stuff for magazine people.”
As for Lewis, he toes the line. But the Conde Nast veteran does that he wanted a broader job and more editorial input than he was allowed as managing editor of David Remnick's New Yorker. I'm sure there are differences in the job specification, but a deputy's role is always more interesting under a leader as weak as Lipman.
So why would Lipman cooperate with a glowing profile of Portfolio's new regime that could only show her tenure in a poor light? Maybe she doesn't have a choice. The magazine needs all the good press it can get, even at the expense of her reputation; and she can no longer command deference from Koblin's interviewees. Portfolio's power cover, showing a woman's stilletoed foot subjugated by a male business shoe, was truer than it knew.
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Power: Jacob Lewis Has It, Joanne Lipman Doesn't [Portfolio Magazine]
Posted: April 9th, 2008, 10:48am CDT by Nick Denton
Tags: Conde Nast
Portfolio's Joanne Lipman must be chafing at the New York Observer's flattering profile of her managing editor, Jacob Lewis. For sure, John Koblin's piece is the first positive coverage of the business magazine in a while. But almost every passage, while praising the new managing editor's calming influence on the troubled Conde Nast title, is an implied criticism of Lipman's management style.
Take this quote from Jesse Eisinger, a senior staff writer: “He’s made the trains run on time in some basic, fundamental way that as a start-up we were having problems with.” Later in the piece, an anonymous staffer, quite possibly Eisinger again on background, explains that Lipman brought in newspaper veterans who didn't understand that magazines required a proper mix of stories. “I don’t think everyone understood that coming in here, and I think they’re still learning it, but it’s basic stuff for magazine people.”
As for Lewis, he toes the line. But the Conde Nast veteran does that he wanted a broader job and more editorial input than he was allowed as managing editor of David Remnick's New Yorker. I'm sure there are differences in the job specification, but a deputy's role is always more interesting under a leader as weak as Lipman.
So why would Lipman cooperate with a glowing profile of Portfolio's new regime that could only show her tenure in a poor light? Maybe she doesn't have a choice. The magazine needs all the good press it can get, even at the expense of her reputation; and she can no longer command deference from Koblin's interviewees. Portfolio's power cover, showing a woman's stilletoed foot subjugated by a male business shoe, was truer than it knew.
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The Evolution of Portfolio's Covers [Magazines]
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 3:36pm CDT by Nick Denton
Tags: Conde Nast
Portfolio magazine's highly conceptual covers were commercially foolish, but rather brave. The cityscapes and factory floors of the Conde Nast title's first four issues paid homage to an earlier, more confident era of magazine publishing, in which editors could survive a bad month on the newsstand. And then, spooked by low sell-through numbers, Joanne Lipman panicked. January's Spy vs Spy cover could have been borrowed from the defunct Business 2.0; February's How Fat Won, illustrated by an overloaded burger, is a bogus trend story more often found in Newsweek. The latest shows a man's black shoe treading on a woman's red stiletto reminiscent of nothing more than a classy fetish magazine. Provocative? Pathetic? Discuss.
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Hopeless Causes [Go Green]
Posted: March 3rd, 2008, 2:00pm CST by harlan
Tags: Conde Nast
Former Conde Nast editorial director James Truman will try to save the environment by teaming up with an ex-Golf Digest man Mitch Fox. The ex-paper wasters will organize a traveling event that joins eco-technology with a Cirque du Soleil-like performances. Apparently combining green innovations with dramatized gymnastic routines takes priority over starting a media empire. [WWD]
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Another Way Vanity Fair Could Respect Writers [Quote Of The Day]
Posted: February 25th, 2008, 3:39pm CST by Nick Denton
Tags: Conde Nast
"'Course, there's still obviously some collateral damage leftover from the strike -- emotionally, economically, perhaps worst of all, the cancellation of the legendary Vanity Fair Oscar party. They said they did it out of, quote, respect for the writers. And um, oh! You know another way they could show respect for the writers? Uh, maybe one day invite some of them to the Vanity Fair Oscar party. They would enjoy it. They won't mingle, don't worry." [Jon Stewart, host of last night's Academy Awards telecast, ribs the Conde Nast magazine's notoriously snobby party planners, via Mixed Media]
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Back From Exile [Howell Raines]
Posted: January 14th, 2008, 1:23pm CST
Tags: Conde Nast
Howell Raines, the editor who tried to shake up the New York Times, and failed, has returned to regular journalism. Radar's Fresh Intelligence reports he'll be writing a media column for Portfolio. Conde Nast's business magazine, which sells poorly on the newsstand, could use a bit of a kick to the editorial metabolism. But Howell Raines, having retired to a life of fishing in the Poconos, is no longer in that line of work.
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Fort Polio [Magazines]
Posted: January 11th, 2008, 11:54am CST
Tags: Conde Nast
Joanne Lipman's Portfolio has not had the impact it hoped on the business conversation, but the unhappy Conde Nast magazine is certainly making a contribution to the journalistic lexicon. When the editor's not in earshot, staffers have been known to deliberately mangle the name of the embattled magazine: referring not to 'Portfolio', but to 'Fort Polio'. If only such wit made it into the magazine. But Portfolio's editor is notorious for shooting down ideas before she understands them.
When pitched a story referencing Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, a journalistic classic, Lipman interrupted: "I don't know it, and I don't like it." That quote has now spread to Fortune, Portfolio's main rival, where her counterpart, Andy Serwer, has taken to using it as an ironic catchphrase, we hear, when he dings a story idea. When Lipman's tenure at Portfolio ends, it should be a consolation that one of her bon mots has made it into the culture.
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Conde Nast's David Carey [Herogram]
Posted: January 8th, 2008, 2:35pm CST
Tags: Conde Nast
The bespectacled magazine publisher, who ran the New Yorker's marketing and ad sales before being roped in to help Joanne Lippman launch Portfolio, has done better than merely surviving the new year's massacre at Conde Nast. He's now the leading candidate to replace Chuck Townsend as chief executive of the elite magazine group. Nobody wins corporate infighting without making critics but, if Carey has them, we can't find them. "Everyone wishes there was some dirt on David Carey, but there ain't," says one Conde exec. The Portfolio publisher doesn't even get the blame for the business magazine's troubled launch.
He's just a severe type A personality, he's always on, a real man in a hurry. Obviously a strategic thinker. The one irony of Portfolio was that it was one of the rare cases I've seen where a publisher has a clearer vision for the brand and product than the editor. Before Joanne was hired, Carey articulated a vision for the magazine -- an indispensable, knowing tool for top executives, top-notch substance with a luxury veneer -- that would have silenced the critics if it had been executed.
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The Life Cycle Of A Prophet [Graydon Carter]
Posted: January 8th, 2008, 10:05am CST
Tags: Conde Nast
Graydon Carter's diatribes against the Bush administration have passed through the full arc of a great journalistic campaign. When it began, five years ago, the president was the still the victor of Afghanistan and Iraq, and the Vanity Fair editor an aging liberal prophet in the wilderness, irritating, and mocked. Then Graydon Carter because simply a prophet, vindicated by the collapse of the Bush presidency. And now? The obsession continues (the latest editor's letter even compares George Bush to the awful mid-level manager of the Office) -- but it feels dated. As we've been told by the pundits, the results of the Iowa caucuses show that the electorate has moved beyond the war in Iraq, Bush and the Clintons. Graydon Carter has not.
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New Year's massacre at Conde Nast [In The Family]
Posted: January 7th, 2008, 1:40pm CST
Tags: Conde Nast
Everyone in the magazine world is getting very excited about the new year's massacre at Conde Nast, the publisher of titles such as Vanity Fair and Vogue. Conde is tightly controlled by the Newhouse family, and its office politics have all the transparency of the Brezhnev-era Politburo. But we're told by one insider that Lou Cona, formerly the publisher of the New Yorker, is stepping up by moving to group ad sales, even if the role sounds less glamorous. Anyway, business: boring! There's one amusing tidbit. Gina Sanders, promoted to publisher of Lucky magazine, presided over the huge success of Teen Vogue. We're sure her continued ascension has nothing to do with her marriage to (pictured left) Steve Newhouse, heir-apparent to the Conde Nast empire.
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Portfolio's sell-through rate [Request For Information]
Posted: January 3rd, 2008, 11:47am CST
Tags: Conde Nast
Is it really possible that Portfolio, Conde Nast's troubled business magazine, only sells 12% of the copies it delivers to newsstands? Answers to nick@gawker.com
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How in the name of all that is magabranding ... [Do Not Want]
Posted: November 8th, 2007, 8:20am CST
Tags: Conde Nast
How in the name of all that is magabranding and holy can Details put Kevin Federline on its cover FOR THE SECOND TIME? (The first was all the way back in March, 2005: "the second-worst selling issue of the year," says WWD.) Do not understand! [Memo Pad] -
We hear that Brendan Vaughan, senior editor ... [Portfolio In Crisis Day 903]
Posted: November 5th, 2007, 12:02pm CST
Tags: Conde Nast
We hear that Brendan Vaughan, senior editor at chaotic Conde Nast biz mag Portfolio, has quit, and will wisely return to Esquire. Maybe deputy editor Amy Stevens better cancel what we hear is her soon-coming maternity leave—because the departures aren't over yet.
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So the tussle between the Details freelancer ... [Corrections]
Posted: October 30th, 2007, 11:20am CDT
Tags: Conde
So the tussle between the Details freelancer and Ben Affleck gets murkier. Says a spokesperson about the mag's correction, which says the piece quotes Affleck saying things he did not say: "Statements taken out of context.... Nothing fabricated." Well, they can't have it both ways. The New York Observer asks: "Will Details run a correction of their correction?" -
Journalisms: 'Portfolio' Editor Thinks Media Reporters Are Full Of "Nonsense"
Posted: October 25th, 2007, 9:31am CDT
Tags: Conde Nast
At midnight, Conde Nast Portfolio editor Joanne Lipman sent out an email about the editor of their website leaving. Her message? Don't believe the things media reporters write! Isn't it cute when journalists go management and turn on the press?Folks,
You may have heard that Chris Jones, portfolio.com's ME, has decided to pursue other opportunities. We'll miss him. But we're delighted that he'll be staying until the end of November to help us with the transition and to help find his successor. Chris has done a great job building and launching the site, which is exactly what he came here to do. He's brought together a first-rate team. Portfolio.com has already shot past some established online financial sites like Economist.com and FT.com, and is continuing to grow steadily. I'm also pleased that Chris's top news editor, Mark Stein, a veteran New York Times editor, will become deputy editor of the site, working closely with Chris and me. Laura Rich, the site's AME will also play a bigger role.
You'll probably read some nonsense about the transition, but don't be fooled--our whole team is excited about portfolio.com going forward.
Best,
Joanne
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The Most Important Movie Ever Shot In New York: Shriek! When worlds collide! "'Sex and the ...
Posted: October 16th, 2007, 8:24am CDT
Tags: Conde Nast
Shriek! When worlds collide! "'Sex and the City' is filming at Conde Nast today—9th floor." We're still having coffee—what's on the 9th floor again???
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Very Real Estate: More on the (shriek!) maybe-possible new ...
Posted: October 8th, 2007, 1:50pm CDT
Tags: Conde Nast
More on the (shriek!) maybe-possible new Conde Nast headquarters! "[Developer Douglas] Durst told The Observer this afternoon that Conde Nast would consolidate its offices in the new tower and would move out of the roughly 700,000 square feet that it currently occupies at Mr. Durst's 4 Times Square. The Conde Nast lease at 4 Times Square ends in 2018, but Mr. Durst said a deal would be negotiated to let them break the lease by 2015." [NYO]
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Real Estate Bubbles: Conde Nast Shocker: A New Building????
Posted: October 8th, 2007, 8:40am CDT
Tags: Conde Nast
This may be what we'll be talking about for the next ten years: "Condé Nast Publications chief operating officer John Bellando said Friday that the company may construct a new office tower at Hudson Yards in Manhattan." They're in with Vornado and the Durst Organization, which owns the 1.6-million square foot 4 Times Square, the Conde mothership. Oh my God. Hyperventilating. And! Bet it's finished before the stupid "Freedom Tower" is!Planning Ahead [WWD]
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Rip It Up And Start Again: Keith Kelly: "CONDÉ Nast Chairman S.I. ...
Posted: September 28th, 2007, 8:20am CDT
Tags: Conde Nast
Keith Kelly: "CONDÉ Nast Chairman S.I. Newhouse Jr. sat down Wednesday with Portfolio Editor-in-Chief Joanne Lipman to take a very serious look at every page in the upcoming November issue of Portfolio, his $100 million pet project. When the meeting was over, a flurry of Newhouse-dictated changes ensued, and that had some staffers concluding that Si was not happy with the original incarnation of Portfolio issue No. 4." Shockingly, Condé spokesfolk deny it. [NYP] -
Revolving Doors: Portfolio managing editor Blaise Zerega takes ...
Posted: September 21st, 2007, 8:20am CDT
Tags: Conde Nast
Portfolio managing editor Blaise Zerega takes the deputy editor slip vacated by the firing of Jim Impoco. Zeraga will work out of San Francisco, leading a source to tell the Post's Keith Kelly, "He's being called deputy but it doesn't look like he will have any serious management responsibilities. Have you ever heard of a deputy 3,000 miles away?" Zeraga will be replaced by New Yorker managing editor Jacob Lewis. Is this some kind of signal from Conde Nast about their continued confidence in Portfolio? Last week, we were told that Lipman wasn't really going to fill Impoco's position—writers expected that she would now take this opportunity to mess with people's copy more than ever, and that this was a sign of her complete inability to delegate and her inability to recognize, you know, actual writing. [NYO]
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Fixing Stuff: You May Or May Not Hear About Rats At Da Silvano
Posted: September 4th, 2007, 11:56am CDT
Tags: Conde Nast
Whether or not you see footage of rats running freely in New York's favorite Italian restaurant Da Silvano on the T.V. later this week—probably Wednesday!—depends on the backroom legal maneuvering of lawyer and general fixer Eddie Hayes. Rats, despite the popularity of Ratatouille, generally tend to be bad for business. And Fox News would like nothing more than to wound Da Silvano, a "stronghold of the cultural left," says Hayes. But the same liberal media mafia that (supposedly!) made Silvano Marchetto a target just might be his salvation.When Marchetto found out about the video he called one of his regulars, a Condé Nast exec. He told Silvano to call Eddie Hayes. And Eddie Hayes called the network.
"Look," said Hayes, "there's construction of four sides of the building. Of course rats are gonna come out." And: "I said, 'You had to see there was big fucking dumpsters in front of the place. How the fuck did you miss that?'"
Hayes isn't usually one to ever have to file a suit. He did however bring up the term false light. "I said to them, look [by running the video], you're creating an impression that is false. You have to devote some amount of time to show the whole place is surrounded by heavy duty construction." In any event: We'll find out soon enough.
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The Future Of Journalism: From the mailbag: "You may or may not care ...
Posted: August 29th, 2007, 4:30pm CDT
Tags: Conde Nast
From the mailbag: "You may or may not care to know that [New York Times reporter] David Carr was the guest speaker at NYU's J-school orientation today. He was charming in an old-guy-who-references-Clap-Your-Hands-Say-Yeah sort of way and delivered an optimistic spiel about sticking it to the old guard and shaping the future of media. Needless to say, the kids ate it up. As for me, I began to rethink grad school entirely. I thought I was here so that I could eventually get paid a ridiculous sum to write mindless blurbs for Conde Nast mags. Everyone else was so damn earnest. What the hell? For a moment I wondered if maybe my priorities weren't in order, but then I squashed it and started to think about which one of my classmates I'm going to sleep with this semester." Maybe the kids are alright! -
Issues: The War At 'Portfolio'
Posted: August 15th, 2007, 9:30am CDT
Tags: Conde Nast
The new Portfolio hits the racks today. Before we get to the actual magazine, you'll have to console yourself with gossip about Portfolio, most of it centered around EIC Joanne Lipman's recent firing of second-in-command Jim Impoco. The Observer and the Post, obviously suckling at the teat of different sources, bring you the different perspectives.Even supporters of Mr. Impoco will use words like "pugnacious," in describing him, and one staffer said that he had been "sparring publicly" with Ms. Lipman for some time.
From the Impoco camp:
In a recent editorial meeting, Mr. Impoco harshly challenged her, belittling one of her story ideas as "breathless." As one staffer said: "I think the people who are not the greatest fans of the boss were taken aback by that."And few fail to mention Mr. Impoco's support of Kurt Eichenwald, the embattled investigative reporter who spent two decades at The New York Times before joining Portfolio a year ago.
Lipman's management problems are said to be deeper than just a personality clash with Impoco.
This one will probably play out for a few more days until everyone actually reads Portfolio and realizes that the idea of a Vanity Fair for finance, instead of, you know, an actual finance magazine with news, is a deeply flawed concept. Still, good news: According to Keith Kelly, the third issue will carry 121 ad pages, only one down from the current issue. So Portfolio we will have with us for at least a brief while.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."
That said, she is not prone to shouting matches or temper tantrums.
"It's definitely a Captain Bligh thing going on, but she has that permanent Joker smile," said the insider, referring to both the taciturn captain from the book "Mutiny on the Bounty," who was tossed over board by his crew, and to one of Batman's foes.
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How Your Conde Nast Sausage Gets Made: Does 'Portfolio' Know What The TK Its TKs Are Doing?
Posted: August 13th, 2007, 4:20pm CDT
Tags: how Your Conde Nast sausage
Apparently not. Love that waiting-for-a-quote journalism! (Click to enlarge.)
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In Brief: What kind of Conde Nast magazine editor ...
Posted: August 7th, 2007, 12:35pm CDT
Tags: Conde Nast
What kind of Conde Nast magazine editor fires her number two, just as the magazine is about to go monthly? The Joanne Lipman kind! The Portfolio staff, we hear, are pissed about the loss of Jim Impoco. He's probably not too thrilled either. No one returned calls, etc. [NYO]