PIBets:The magazine world looks to be in better health ending this year than most any other media, in my opinion. Here’s why.

Dr. Time and Mr. Warner: AOL/TimeWarner is letting its dual corporate personalities show. Let’s call personality number one Dr. Time. Dr. Time likes to analyze numbers, form mergers that may not work out in the future and wheel and deal rather than focus on tried-and-true revenue generators.

No Pulse:Let’s not let the passing of Pulse, Tower Records in-store ‘zine go by without its due props. It was shut down last week as Tower continues to downsize.

When The World Was Flat As A Pancake, Mona Lisa Was Happy As A Clam: That was the working title of a John Prine song that never made it to record. The actual song that did make it (A Big Old Goofy World) is a brilliant poke at similes like: “You oughta see his wife/She’s a cute little dish/ Smokes like a chimney and drinks like a fish.

OPRs for the week of Nov. 4: Call Programming. I Have A Great Idea: According to TV Guide, Rosie O'Donnell says that if she still had her talk show, she would use it as a forum to defend Martha Stewart. "I'd be singing Martha Stewart a love song every day.

What Time Is It? Damn, it was an amazing autumn New England morning up here yesterday. About 40 degrees, sunny, leaves lit up yellow and red and a light breeze blowing them down.

Even James Lipton Would Applaud: I don’t like a lot of acquisitions in today’s media world, but I do think NBC wrapping Bravo is a brilliant move. Here’s why.

Vintage Wine Or Sour Grapes? There was a party last week sponsored in part by MediaBistro that celebrated a lot of the magazines that have gone to magazine limbo after the internet bust and ensuing money crunch. I worked for one of those internet business books back in the day.