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things we're watching Senior editor and online producer at Portfolio.com, Arlyn Gajilan, is leaving the Conde Nast publication for Newsweek She put in five months.

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Is Kurt Eichenwald Writing His Own Wikipedia Page?

You know who suddenly has the longest Wikipedia biography in history? Not just Times tech columnist David Pogue, but also former New York Times reporter and current (alleged) Portfolio scribe Kurt Eichenwald! An unknown Wikipedia user called Milo73 has added huge amounts of autobiographical data recently. Maybe this person even knows Kurt, because Milo73's IP address tracks to Dallas, Texas, which is where Kurt lives! (Also, that IP address worked on the Wiki page of Eichenwald story subject Justin Berry too—but on no other entries.) The Wiki writer knows all kinds of obscure stuff about Kurt, about his epilepsy, for instance. You know what else is interesting? The Wikipedia additions cite court transcripts in State of Michigan versus Kenneth Gourlay, a kiddie porn case in which Eichenwald testified. Almost nobody has those transcripts, because they cost nearly $2000—we were trying to get them for a while, but gave up. A few folks, including Kurt and his Dallas lawyer Tim Perkins, have copies though!

11:35 AM ON FRI JUL 6 2007
BY CHOIRE
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Latest by SeaBassTian: maybe you guys have it backwards and justin berry is writing kurt's bio and his own while they kick back... more

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'Portfolio' Website Struggling In Beta Until Fall

Portfolio's website has mostly avoided the intense scrutiny that the Condé Nast magazine itself has sustained. True, it's still in Beta. (But so is Google Mail, and it's been around for ages!) We wondered whether the website would prove to be fulfilling the magazine's purported mandate of "serious business journalism." more »

5:45 PM ON WED JUN 27 2007
BY DOREE
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'Portfolio' Trolling The Internet For Subscribers

Conde Nast's got a new high-end way to accumulate subscribers: Google Ads! Why didn't anyone think of this before?

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Si Newhouse Reportedly "Thrilled" But 'Portfolio' Is "Wrong For The Audience"

It's been two months since Conde Nast floated its first very expensive issue of Portfolio. Soon, the closing begins on the second issue. So how's it going? "It's demoralizing to work for a magazine that has such a high profile pre-launch, incredible hype about the money they're spending, and great names," said one person familiar with the workings and friendly with the staff of the magazine. "Then they come out with an issue that everybody slams. It was such a profound misfire that you'd have to think that everybody there doesn't know what kind of magazine they need to do." more »

6:00 PM ON MON JUN 18 2007
BY DOREE
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Latest by SecureLocation: A agree that Fortune is getting better all the time. Portfolio is already a dinosaur, the last big launch the... more

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Kurt Eichenwald Gets Spiked Again

In late March, as hubbub about Kurt Eichenwald's involvement with his main source for his blockbuster New York Times internet kiddie porn expose refused to die down (due in part to his threatening his critics with lawsuits), WWD ran an item saying that Eichenwald's first story for his new employers at Portfolio had been held from the debut issue. According to those accounts, the magazine didn't want Eichenwald's NYT problems overshadowing its first issue, though easily they just might not have room for the piece, as the magazine over-commissions wildly. Now sources inside the magazine confirm that the piece will not be running in the second issue, and they suggest it most likely will not be running at all. more »

2:07 PM ON TUE JUN 12 2007
BY DOREE
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portfolio is always hiring NYT Biz finance editor the latest Portfolio victim-volunteer. [Romenesko]

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Is 'Portfolio' Selling Like Its Hype?

Porfolio has been on New York newsstands since April 16, and national newsstands since April 24. Which means it's not too early to ask: How's it selling? more »

1:42 PM ON THU MAY 10 2007
BY DOREE
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Remainders: Marisha Pessl's Cappuccino

  • NoLIta establishment shut down for "unlicensed massage." [Racked]
  • Novelist Marisha Pessl drinks a lot of cappuccinos, orders expensive food. Doesn't seem like she actually eats much of it. [Grub Street]
  • Diddy is looking for a new assistant. Requirements include "pack clothing selection for business and personal trips." [Save the Assistants]
  • Some of the reporters on the Virginia Tech case aren't just callous, but also stupid. [Kim Scarborough]
  • Reviewing the blogs' reviews of Portfolio. Our meta just exploded. [The Deal]
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    7:00 PM ON FRI APR 20 2007
    BY DOREE
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    Latest by RandomHookup: Re: VT story...the reporter is the eminently underqualified daughter of the owner of the paper. So, it's understandable why... more

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    'Portfolio' Fashion Blogger Off To Bumpy Start

    Portfolio "Fashion, Inc." blogger Lauren Goldstein Crowe may be new to this internet-writing game, but she's already formed some strong opinions about it. "Anna Wintour hates the word blog, and I have to say I'm with her there. My business cards say 'contributor.'" Nice. Oh, and while declaring your intention not to belong to any club that will have you as a member, why not alienate everyone in that club a little more? "There aren't many sites or blogs devoted to the business of fashion, so I haven't yet felt the need for a formal blog roll here. (If you have suggestions, please post them.) But every once in a while I may point to something I find. Recently I discovered the 'Style Scribbler.' An intreped [sic] internet fashion journalist...." Well, at least Lauren knows some rules of the internets: You don't have to spell good, and you can always pretend to know more than you actually do. —Emily

    Zac Posen The Blog     [Fashion Inc.]

    4:02 PM ON FRI APR 20 2007
    BY EMILY
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    Latest by spencegrad: Wow. Fashion Inc. is a trainwreck. Another great Goldstein lede: "Swarovski, maker of crystal components for over 100 years, didn't... more

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    'Portfolio' Ad: The Call Is Coming From Outside The House!

    In our mad dash to absorb the entirety of the first issue of Portfolio, we missed more than a few things (this is the case with most of our "analysis"). Most glaringly, we missed something about this Microsoft ad, which starts on page 104 and continues on pages 106-107. The building looks awfully familiar. It might even be here in town. Wait, wait, it's coming to us... more »

    5:18 PM ON WED APR 18 2007
    BY BALK
    4,584 views, 4 comments

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    Michael Lewis' Moneyhaul

    At this point, the soul of professional sports is beyond worrying about: Athletes are frantically self-interested; marvelously self-absorbed; always looking for any edge, however unfair; and forever leaping from team to team in search of a few more dollars. In other words, the jock market already has the morals of the stock market.
    That's the last paragraph of "The Jock Exchange" Michael Lewis' contribution to the premier issue of Portfolio. It's also a $636 paragraph, if this anonymous commenter at DealBreaker is to be believed. more »

    4:47 PM ON WED APR 18 2007
    BY BALK
    1,783 views, 12 comments

    Latest by I guess I would have written it too… on The Feeding the Monster Blog -- In which the author discusses Bo: I’m not sure if this explains the Michael Lewis “Jock Exchange” piece or means it’s even more frustrating that there’s... more

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    The Other 'Portfolio'

    We can understand how, in the manic rush to deliver your premier issue to a waiting public and get your website up to snuff, certain details can be overlooked. Still, shouldn't someone at Conde Nast thought to have spent $7.95 from their $125 million endowment to snap up portfoliomag.com? Because this does not exactly scream "business lifestyle." On the other hand, the Tom Wolfe essay on toe-sucking is well worth reading. more »

    12:37 PM ON WED APR 18 2007
    BY BALK
    1,574 views, 9 comments

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    Media Bubble: Air Imus

  • Nike uses the Don Imus controversy for an ad campaign it hopes "will spark continued conversation about race in America." And sell sneakers. [AdAge]
  • Anderson Cooper scurries back to the U.S. from Afghanistan to cover the Virginia Tech shootings. [TVNewser]
  • The New York Observer invokes Henry James to review Portfolio. The verdict? "Expensive and vapid, glossy, superficial, stale and, above all, safe." [NYO]
  • In Touch treads on People's turf with a cover story on the shootings at Virginia Tech. But will a real-life human interest story play well on its fluffy celeb-driven pages? [WWD]
  • Some of Barry Diller's best friends are black. His new friends, on the Internet. [WSJ]
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    10:00 AM ON WED APR 18 2007
    BY DOREE
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    Latest by dave the wet sprocket: is somebody at cnn making a lazy attempt at offing ac? "just send him wherever people are getting shot (but... more

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    Remainders: TV Is The New Internets

  • Why isn't all TV like Atlanta public access TV? When we signed on to write stupid commentary about media, we were thinking media would all be like this. (Also Caitlin Flanagan and Camille Paglia totally had this conversation just last week.) Oh: NOT safe for work. [Viceland]
  • New issue of Time Style & Design includes the Design 100: "Good design is everywhere. Great design...is more elusive." [Time]
  • One out of three advisory firms suggests voting for the four New York Times directors up for reelection. [AP]
  • MTV attempts to win back viewers via "interactive content" because not many teenagers are watching their shows anymore. [LAT]
  • And because we simply can't get enough: a report from the Portfolio launch party, cookie included. [NYO]
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    7:00 PM ON TUE APR 17 2007
    BY DOREE
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    Latest by Cheezus H. Rice: The video has been reposted: http://www.devilducky.com/media/60668 Hopefully permanently, for the 2006 Gawker Time Capsule.... more

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    S.I. Newhouse: "Don't Tell Anyone How Awesome I Think 'Portfolio' Is"

    The Observer brings word of an e-mail sent by Conde Nast supremo S.I. Newhouse to Portfolio EIC Joanne Lipman in praise of the publication's first issue. They also note that "a second S.I. love letter was read by Lipman at last night's staff party." The first memo is here, the second follows. more »

    1:32 PM ON TUE APR 17 2007
    BY BALK
    1,840 views, 5 comments

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    'Portfolio' Messing With Our Heads, Stomachs

    There are a number of ways to get a mention on Gawker, but two in particular always work. Your first option is to spend a couple of years assembling a vast pool of talent and pouring untold resources into a project which culminates in a 328 page magazine that requires our editors to spend hours reading and providing shallow but lengthy analysis about it. Your second option is to print up a cookie with our name on it for your launch party. The brains behind Portfolio chose to do both. We're still not sure which was the better investment, but at least now we know what we're throwing up after lunch today. more »

    12:37 PM ON TUE APR 17 2007
    BY BALK
    2,672 views, 16 comments

    Latest by InExile: @StillInExile: Nope, I was unaware and we are all (no relation.) Mine springs from the wintry, depthless, nigh-existential despair... more

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    The Gawker Ombudsman: I AM OLD AND THERE IS TOO MUCH YELLING!

    I am going to use this column to do something I will never be able to do again—convey my first impressions of intensive Gawker-reading. Until I was asked to consider taking on this job, I had been only a casual reader, mainly clicking on the Stalker map to track the whereabouts of Kelly Ripa (Kelly: I know you love me! Why do you insist on playing these games?). Since that day, I have read more Gawker than is typical of any but the fruitlessly employed and Kurt Eichenwald's lawyer. more »

    11:37 AM ON TUE APR 17 2007
    BY BALK
    3,222 views, 12 comments

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