FASCINATING PEOPLE From Selected Articles in PEOPLE

Time Warner recycles articles from its signature magazine, PEOPLE. The sound picture is articles lightly edited for audio, briskly read narration split between four or five readers and an underscoring of treacly stock music. Actors unaware of the original speaker's inflections read the quotes from primary sources, diminishing their informational value. What's personality journalism without personality? Y.R. © AudioFile, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/MAR 00]