Posted 8:42 AM by Gene

Little Malcolm must have called out an ABANDON SHIP! because His site has run a lot of junk lately -- like this. What does this sentence mean, Little Malc?

Larry Platt knows something about the business: He was appointed Philadelphia's editor in chief in September 2002, and went on to win 16 city and regional magazine awards for the storied title.

I know what it means: a lot of insulting puffball articles with ATTITUDE, a lot of showoffy "lifestyle" features, a lot of toadying to advertisers. (Maybe THAT explains why his rags aren't folding.) The moment we stop trusting magazines -- whether it's Larry Platt's empire or Little Malc's -- is the moment they should go out of business -- although by that measure they should have vanished a long time ago.

P. S. We just went on one of Larry's Web sites and this is the hard-hitting stuff we found:

SURVIVAL OF THE AFFORDABLE Big-ticket Savona changes with the times.

THE SECOND ANNUAL COTE CARNIVAL On Sunday, August 23, 2009, Riley Cote of the Philadelphia Flyers hosted the second-annual Cote Carnival for The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America.

SEARCH FIVE YEARS OF PHILLY'S BEST! Search the last five years of Best of Philly, including this year's 299 winners in restaurants, shopping, service and more.

BEST OF PHILLY SNEAK PEAK: RESTAURANTS We’ve got about 90 food and drink winners in BOP this year. Here’s the first glimpse at 10 of them.

ON THE HOMEFRONT: WHALE WATCHING Home editor Lauren McCutcheon fills us in on what she's shopping for right now.

EAT SMART: HEALTHY RECIPES FOR LABOR DAY PICNICS Whip up these smart and simple dishes that’ll satisfy guests without adding pounds [SIC]

TALK TO US: WHAT ARE YOUR BIG-DAY GLAMOUR PLANS? Check out the work of these six talented local hair and makeup artists to get the inspiration rolling.

CLOSE TO THE CHEST Home editor Lauren McCutcheon has got her eye on a special bedroom piece from a local eco-friendly designer.

Hey Larry! Since you have this thing against the surely-overpaid head of Philly's public-TV station (nothing about public TV on the home page), we'd like to ask, given these crusading stories, what are you paid? Which gives us a sneaky suggestion: Why couldn't a band of marauding practical jokers invade the local newsstands and take every last blow-in card out of your rags and send them in -- and then cancel their subs? Didn't think you'd like that.



A NEUHARTHISM OF THE MONTH AWARD TO DIRK!