So who will it be?

iWantmedia.com is looking for feedback on who should be 2006' media person of the year. However this year's pick may very well not be a person at all, and we at Mediawire Daily have our picks. Sumner Redstone: Because the man will do anything to get the word out that he is relevant, and he did just that by shit canning two Toms in the same year. Tom Freston: Because he got shit canned by an old man who wanted to get the word out that he was still relevant. CNN for their corner to corner coverage of the midterm elections. We can only imagine what they will do when 2008 rolls around. Microsoft's Zune: The dam thing just came out of no where posing a serious threat to Apple's iPod. Les Moonves: We love to hate Les but we have to hand it to the man. he outlasted Tom Freston and ended up being the star we never knew Sumner had. We are still wondering why Sumner doesn't put his companies back together and hand Les the keys. Who Should Be Named 2006 Media Person of the Year? [IWM]

Tech & Media: As usual, overzealous New Yorker's and the Post generate false hope

If Microsoft knows better, they wouldn't take the fact that their new Zune digital hand held media gadget flew off shelves within minutes of being stocked. Why you ask? Well that's because us New Yorkers can be overly overzealous especially when it comes to the latest must have. Sure we'll wait on line for hours and even camp out overnight in front of a store, but when the moment passes it passes and then its on to the next or something like that. Microsoft's Zune media player, which the tech titan hopes will dethrone Apple's market-leading iPod, was flying off shelves in New York on its first day in stores yesterday. "It's been crazy," said Eddie Feliciano, a sales manager at Best Buy at 44th Street and Fifth Avenue. "Our Zune area has been mobbed." "I just needed a new MP3 player to play my music and watch videos," said Murphy, who bought a Zune at a Manhattan Best Buy. "I'm not an Apple fan, not an iPod fan. So I wanted to try something different." IPOD SLAYER ZUNE HITS THE GROUND RUNNING [NYP]