Did you hear? Portfolio's senior editor, Dan Roth (whom EIC Joanne Lipman once poached from Fortune "with much fanfare") has now officially been poached by the Conde Nast mag's top in-house competitor, Wired magazine.

What's more, in the hours leading up to Roth's defection, Wired editor Chris Anderson (a.k.a. "the mean man who stole Roth away") had the audacity to show up to S.I. Newhouse Jr.'s annual holiday lunch and shove down food as though nothing had even happened.

Worse still? According to Matlock doppelganger (and fellow lunch attendee) Keith Kelly, Anderson "didn't even have that great a seat." Poor Joanne. When it rains, it pours. [NYP]

Speaking with I Want Media, Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson defends his print medium in a field (technology) where new inventions like computers and the Internet and infringing on his format.

You see, print stays relevant because when it comes to digesting news online, readers have to click links! Sometimes multiple times!

IWM: Given the subject matter of Wired — does a print magazine format make sense anymore?

Anderson: A monthly magazine like ours — which combines long-form journalism, lavish design and high-end photography — really shows paper at its finest. Online, the design is lost, the photos become thumbnails, and you have to click through as many as 16 screens [to read the longer articles].

Chris Anderson: 'Peer Production Complements Traditional Media' [IWM]