Toobin fired from New Yorker magazine.
The New Yorker has fired star journalist Jeffrey Toobin after an investigation into his behavior during a work video call last month, the magazine’s parent company, Condé Nast, said Wednesday.
As a result of the internal investigation, Toobin “is no longer affiliated with our company,” Condé Nast’s chief people officer, Stan Duncan, said in a note to staff, which was reviewed by The New York Times.
Toobin, 60, reported the news of his firing on Twitter, writing: “I was fired today by @NewYorker after 27 years as a Staff Writer. I will always love the magazine, will miss my colleagues, and will look forward to reading their work.”
In his memo, Duncan wrote: “I want to assure everyone that we take workplace matters seriously.”
Toobin did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
The New Yorker suspended Toobin after he exposed himself on a Zoom call with employees of the magazine and WNYC radio.
The call was held to discuss a future episode of a podcast that The New Yorker and the public radio station produce. During breakout discussions, Toobin switched to a second call that was the videocall equivalent of phone sex.
“I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off camera,” Toobin said last month. “I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers.”
Toobin, a former assistant U. S. attorney, joined The New Yorker in 1993, under the editor Tina Brown, and quickly made a splash in publishing circles with his coverage of the O. J. Simpson murder trial.