Fear And Loathing At Portfolio

We’ve got more details on Jim Impoco‘s firing from Portfolio. WWD just published a wealth of background info. Impoco and boss Joanne Lipman have been clashing for months and “Impoco would openly question Lipman’s editorial judgement” at staff meetings. Lipman killed an Impoco-sponsored piece by Kurt Eichenwald about terrorism (an alternate Eichenwald story will appear in the second issue). For his part, Impoco’s nice little nickname for Lipman was “Newspaper Girl.” Although Lipman is beloved by Conde Nast higher-ups including S.I.