Conor McNicholas and his media

We know he meant it in jest, but there was something telling about Conor McNicholas' explanation of his magazine habits in Monday's MediaGuardian:

There are lots of magazines I read from a work point of view because I'm constantly looking for good ideas to steal.

Wouldn't the world be a happier place if he was reading magazines to see who was stealing his ideas?

More interesting is his take on new media:

But I've almost completely given up on MySpace and Facebook already. They're really great fun for three weeks, but I just don't have the time any more. If you're 15 years old, though, and fantastically self-obsessed, they're a brilliant invention.

Alas, space is not on hand for him to explain if he also sees users of the NME's social networking tool, MyNME, as "self-obsessed" fifteen year-olds.