About the List
Creating and distributing information is easier than ever, as is participating in communities online. But such ease-of-use comes down to a small and select group of people with control over, or at least a say, in the distribution platforms that Australia's online users rely so heavily upon. These are the developers, producers, entrepreneurs and leaders tweaking at the ways in which the masses manage their online communities and consume information.
Begins publishing 7 November 2011.
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Angela Priestley
Friday, 04 November 2011
Who are the people determining how we work, play and interact online? Next week, we start counting down the Top 10 Most Powerful People in Digital Media. Here, Angela Priestley presents the short list.
Brad Howarth
Thursday, 30 August 2012
While names like Rinehart, Forest and Palmer dominate headlines in the mining sector, and business leaders and politicians are prominent in economic debates, it can be hard to identify those who speak for the sector that is fundamentally transforming Australian business and society as we move into a digital age.
Supratim Adhikari
Friday, 23 December 2011
Communications minister Stephen Conroy and NBN Co boss Mike Quigley will head into 2012 with a considerable amount of satisfaction, given that 2011 has undoubtedly been a year of progress for the NBN.
Paul Barry
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
On top of the enormous power it has over our daily lives, Google now seems to have acquired the power to dodge tax.
Angela Priestley
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
A typical hall of power was once dominated by suits, harbour views, boardrooms and a hierarchical system of who gets what office. But then Larry Page had to invent Google and change all of that.
James Thomson
Monday, 14 November 2011
By now you've probably heard about the freshly minted billionaire Andrew Mason and his company Groupon, which floated on the New York Stock Exchange last week. Behind the scenes, Mason has been backed by two entrepreneurs.
Angela Priestley
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Rupert Murdoch has appointed one of our Top 10 as John Hartigan’s replacement.
Angela Priestley
Friday, 11 November 2011
The ABC's digital media influence relies on good ideas. ABC Innovation's head of strategy, Abigail Thomas, explains how her team develops the early concepts for mobile and iPad apps and even video games.
The Power Index
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Incoming News boss Kim Williams, as well as the man replacing him at Foxtel, Richard Freudenstein, have both been granted some help for settling into their new gigs from the competition watchdog of all places.
Angela Priestley
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Kim Williams has been so good at running Foxtel that Rupert Murdoch has given him the most powerful media job in the country, News Ltd CEO.
Matthew Knott
Monday, 20 August 2012
Kim Williams has seen the future — and it’s got a tattoo, a handlebar moustache and a CV long enough to stretch from one end of Holt Street to another.
Lucy Clark
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Jobs website SEEK, set up by brothers Andrew and Paul Basset, has posted record first-half profits of $60.6 million.
Angela Priestley
Monday, 07 November 2011
These are the creators of the future who are taking us kicking and screaming into the depths of the 21st century – whether or not we want to be there.