From The NY POST

At Woman's Wear Daily, in the Fairchild wing, media reporter Peter Braunstein was axed last Friday. Braunstein claims that it is because he stepped on someone's toes at Anna Wintour's Vogue, a Conde Nast publication.

Last week, Braunstein said he sought to get an extra ticket to the VH-1 Vogue fashion awards for his date. Vogue p.r. person Patrick O'Connell at first said he was unsure if he could get the ticket. Braunstein told O'Connell to forget about it. Shortly thereafter, O'Connell dug up an extra ticket and Bruanstein and date went to the show.

But the story doesn't end there. The next day, Braunstein's boss James Fallon, editor of WWD, sent an e-mail to Braunstein. According to Braunstein, the e-mail charged him with bullying and being abusive to the Vogue p.r. person. By Friday, Braunstein was fired - he claims because he stepped on the wrong toes at Vogue. He claimed that Women's Wear has a policy of going easier on Vogue than other magazines at Conde Nast.

Some Fairchild sources claim that the blowup was just the latest in a long series of clashes.

"It is strictly between WWD and Peter Braunstein. It has nothing to do with Vogue," said O'Connell.