{"id":467407,"date":"2011-07-25T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T10:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/25\/zuckerberg-tops-media-power-list\/"},"modified":"2011-07-25T10:16:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T10:16:00","slug":"zuckerberg-tops-media-power-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/25\/zuckerberg-tops-media-power-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuckerberg tops media power list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"73.0377358491\"><span><span>25 July 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>06:16 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has topped the Guardian&#8217;s annual listing of the 100 most influential people in UK media.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey was placed second, reflecting the growing power of social networking sites.<\/p>\n<p>Their ascent comes at the cost of more traditional technology industry leaders, including Apple&#8217;s Steve Jobs and Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer.<\/p>\n<p>Experts from the fields of technology, PR and media helped compile the list.<\/p>\n<p>Although social media figures occupied the two top spots, one of the medium&#8217;s greatest advocates, prominent tweeter Stephen Fry, dropped out of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/media\/interactive\/2011\/jul\/25\/mediaguardian-100-2011-interactive\" title=\"Guardian Media 100\">the top 100<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also dumped from the chart was the government&#8217;s &#8220;digital champion&#8221; Martha Lane Fox whose job it is to raise public awareness of digital technology, including the internet.<\/p>\n<p>Wikileaks&#8217; Julian Assange rose from 58th position in 2010 to 32nd in 2011. His profile was dramatically elevated following the release of leaked US diplomatic cables last November.<\/p>\n<p>Spotify founder Daniel Ek arrived at 40th place, as his music streaming website service launches in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Jobs was nudged from first place to 5th, but it was Microsoft&#8217;s Steve Ballmer who experienced the most precipitous fall.<\/p>\n<p>From his 2009 ranking of 5th, he dropped to 29th in 2010 and is out of this year&#8217;s list entirely.<\/p>\n<p>His exclusion may reflect the fact that Microsoft&#8217;s only asset which impacts the media directly is MSN news.<\/p>\n<p>Apple, although it does not have such a portal, or any significant social networking presence, exerts huge influence over the music, TV and movie industries and is one of the largest content retailers through its iTunes online store.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/technology-14274123\" title=\"Zuckerberg tops media power list\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zuckerberg tops media power list<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 25 July 2011 Last updated at 06:16 ET Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has topped the Guardian&#8217;s annual listing of the 100 most influential people in UK media. 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