Mark Pasetsky isn't the only talking point inside the halls of Bauer Publishing. An insider tells us Bauer chieftan Hubert Boehle – yes, that's the "egomaniacal misogynist" one tattler calls him – is worth a conversation beyond his preference for a male-dominated workplace. Well, at least that's the way First For Women editor-in-chief Carol Brooks feels.

We hear the lady's mag leader is "in love, yes, I said it, IN LOVE with Hubert Boehle." That Hubert has a "GORGEOUS" wife who is "a fabulous specimen of a woman" is no matter for Carol, who, we're told, "stares, yearns, pines for the German newsstand warrior."

Give us a minute to compose ourselves?

Our source emphasizes "I have nothing against Carol, really, I don't," but "she needs a wake up call." Will this be it?

Perhaps, but our reports of Pasetsky's questionable leadership haven't appeared to be cause for concern around Englewood Cliffs.