Posted 9:31 AM by Gene

And how could we forget -- it's time for PEOPLE NEWSRAG'S Nincompoop of the Year...and this year the rag cops out: it's "YOU" -- a celebration of all the deals King Richard missed to get into YouTube and MySpace and everything else that could have hoisted TWX back to $90 a share. (They may think the print cover is clever -- a reflective square in the center -- but what is that but those old "Person of the Year" vanity mirrors?)

Indeed the TWXSTERS and their archenemies at WaPost take so much time on their frills they barely have time for things like the resignation of our "friends" the Saudis' U. S. ambassador. These are things we might like to know. But we don't have time for those -- have to elect presidents and sell show-biz. By the way, I saw your last issue yesterday -- lots of WIDE margins and BIG type and colorful graphics. If you're going to turn PEOPLE NEWSRAG into a kiddie book why should all those coffee tables subscribe?

P. S. at 5:05 p. m. It appears alas I was wrong about the cover: when I first spotted it on PEOPLE NEWSRAG's Web site it was missing the "You." That made me think it had a reflective square. I still think that was the intention. (Unless the "You." is in the middle of a reflective square, but it just looks for all the world like a gray blob.)

P. S. at 5:10 p. m. I WAS RIGHT.