MediaGuardian 100: why 1 billion users put Facebook back on top

The 15th edition of the media power list finds change in the air, with digital challengers elbowing aside older moguls – but a long way to go on diversity• Women on the rise, but much still to do on diversity• Your interactive guide to the MediaGuardian 100 Back in 2001, when this list was first published, there was no YouTube, Snapchat, Netflix, iPlayer, 4G or Twitter. When media types talked about their social networks, they meant the people they had lunch or drinks with, probably at the Ivy. At the start of the millennium, Bill Gates, then the world’s richest man, led the quaintly titled “new media” section of the list, which also included the head of retailer Tesco. A 17-year-old Mark Zuckerberg was still three years away from starting Facebook. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2015-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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