Romenesko Letters
Kurt Eichenwald says the New York Times has been good to him the past two decades -- "for better than I ever imagined any employer could" -- but the
Portfolio magazine opportunity is "audacious and exciting." He adds: "This is going to be a publication that aspires to the greatest of journalism, all while employing the best of standards we all learned at the feet of giants from the Times and the Wall Street Journal. ... [It's] the chance to conduct long-form journalism in a magazine that had the full backing of Conde Nast, all while playing a role in the formation of a publication that I believe is going to shake up the world of journalism."