Time Magazine's Person of the Year: You

By LARRY McSHANE
Associated Press Writer
New York
Sun Dec 17, 5:10 AM ET

Congratulations! You are the Time magazine "Person of the Year."

The annual honor for 2006 went to each and every one of us, as Time cited the shift from institutions to individuals — citizens of the new digital democracy, as the magazine put it. The winners this year were anyone using or creating content on the World Wide Web.

The 2006 "Person of the Year" package hits newsstands Monday. The cover shows a white keyboard with a mirror for a computer screen where buyers can see their reflection.

It was not the first time the magazine went away from naming an actual person for its "Person of the Year." In 1966, the 25-and-under generation was cited; in 1975, American women were named; and in 1982, the computer was chosen.

(Special thanks to those contributing to this blog on the World Wide Web either by posting, commenting or sharing photographs and memories.)