Today, Bill Richardson’s campaign is launching a television ad in New Hampshire about removing residual troops in a Iraq, a position on which he diverges from the leading Democratic candidates. And bloggers on are board!
The ad is being cut from a YouTube video into a 30-second spot featuring three leading progressive bloggers: Christina Read More
With Time Inc. officially pulling the plug on Business 2.0 after the October issue, Erick Schonfeld, the magazine’s editor-at-large, had several options to consider. He could try another Time Inc. title, such as Fortune—they’ve been accepting Business 2.0 refugees. And, of course, says Mr. Schonfeld, there were meetings with the “usual suspects,” in the Read More
Blaise Zerega, Portfolio's managing editor will be taking over the job of deputy editor–a position left vacant since the high-profile firing of Jim Impoco last month. Also, New Yorker managing editor Jacob Lewis will be joining Portfolio to fill Mr. Zerega's role.
Below is the staff memo, obtained by The Observer.
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“If you mention the words ‘subscription’ and ‘Internet,’” said Andrew Rosenthal, “the bloggers come after you with pitchforks!”
Mr. Rosenthal, the New York Times editorial page editor, of course won’t have to deal with pitchfork-wielding bloggers, now that TimesSelect, the newspaper’s paid subscription service—complete with a op-ed columnist-shielding pay wall—has officially been killed off.
Nor Read More
On the morning of Sept. 15, Senator Hillary Clinton’s campaign wanted to publicize an endorsement the senator had received from Gen. Wesley Clark. But instead of going first to the usual suspects—mainstream print, television and radio reporters covering the race—the senator’s team, aware of the general’s lofty reputation among liberal bloggers, tried another tack: It Read More
While at the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal, Tunku Varadarajan was one of Rupert Murdoch's toughest critics—especially regarding News Corp.'s relationship with the Chinese government.
Here's how one anti-Murdoch screed began: "Rupert Murdoch, a master practitioner of the corporate kowtow, has instructed his son James perfectly in the craft of craven submission Read More
Today, Portfolio announced the hiring of Hilary Stout, editor of the Wall Street Journal's Personal Journal. Ms. Lipman, while at the Journal, oversaw the section's creation, and has now added to her roster of ex-Journal staffers: Jesse Eisinger, Scot Paltrow, Ken Wells, Amy Stevens, and Peter Waldman.
Here's the release:
Hilary Stout has been Read More
When Rupert Murdoch’s visited the Wall Street Journal’s headquarters on Tuesday, not only were union flyers torn down in his honor, but there was another welcome surprise.
The flat-panel televisions on the 11th floor, where executives (and perhaps soon Mr. Murdoch) have offices, were tuned to Fox News.
“I had this Read More
Martin Dunn, the editor-in-chief of the New York Daily News, says he’s baffled that even though the newspaper business is in turmoil, his colleagues are willing to accept the status quo.
Journalists believe they are the “greatest advocates of change,” he said by phone on September 3, but at “the moment there is a Read More
With Portfolio now shifting to a monthly schedule, will Elizabeth Spiers keep churning out takedowns after each issue?
In April, Ms. Spiers reviewed Portfolio’s first issue on DealBreaker, a Wall Street gossip Web site that she founded, and has since left.
There, Ms. Spiers began her brutal piece by christening Condé Nast’s Read More
