At Portfolio, Prehistory Was Prologue

It turned out to be a dreary, rainy day back in 2005 when Joanne Lipman, the superstar editor from The Wall Street Journal, made her way to answer a summons to lunch at Si Newhouse’s apartment on the East Side of Manhattan.

A personal invitation from the venerable chairman of Condé Nast was unheard of Read More

Portfolio Editor Bob Roe Fired

Portfolio senior editor Bob Roe was fired this week, and his last day was today, Media Mob has learned. It’s the first major firing this year in what has been a relatively quiet year for the magazine.

Mr. Roe, a senior editor, was a frequent critic of Joanne Lipman, and staffers said that he Read More

Off the Record

Adam Moss’ New York magazine shows no signs of tapering off its symbiotic relationship with Mr. Moss’ previous employer, The New York Times . He’s still hiring trusty fellow Times alumni; New York announced last week that it’s added Times deputy photo editor Jody Quon to the list of personnel wooed away from West 43rd Read More