Rag Sags, Seeks to Snag Swag.

"Well, Ma has come to rely on the
 internet to check the weekly
grosses.  Them fellers needed a
a stronger and more synergistic
media platform, I reckon."

I suppose you could say that the internet has put a fork into the publication that once printed the famous headline Sticks Nix Hick Pix about the failure of rural America to embrace movies about rural America.  Once considered the Hollywood Bible, Variety is up for sale; employees are apparently hoping for a new owner to infuse some capital.   Here's the link:  http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/variety-is-being-put-up-for-sale/?hp