Guardian 100 [2007]

What is Guardian 100?
Guardian 100 is based around the most powerful people in the industry. There are three areas in which they are judged on and these include the following; their cultural, economic and political influence in the UK. It is seen that the sectors are included in broadcasting, publishing, new media, advertising, marketing and PR. Not only has the guardian been influenced by these sectors but it also includes the salaries for the candidates, the salaries are taken from company annual reports which are not available for the public. Some of the wealth figures are from the Sunday Times Rich List and other sources.

The Panelists who created it.
The panelists who created the Guardian 100 are experienced media watchers from the worlds of politics, journalism, advertising and the internet judged. They consist of the following people:

1) Lord Waheed Alli
Is the chairan of entertainment in Chorion, whom own the rights to Agatha Christie, Enid Blyton, Noddy and The Mr Men. He is also a non-executive director of Scottish Media Group, Paul O'Grady's TV company Olga Productions and online retail store, ASOS.

2) Daisy McAndrew
Is the chief political correspondent for ITV News. She has hosted BBC2's Daily Politics with Andrew Neil and has presented the daily drive time show for London talk radio station, LBC.

3) Jamie Kantrowitz
Is the senior vice president of marketing and content for MySpace.com. She oversees media partnerships and events. She was previously vice president of marketing at its Los Angeles headquarters.

4) Richard Park
Is an executuve director of Chrysalis Radio parent Global Radio. He use to be the director of Magic, which he trned into London's number one station. he has previously spent 14 years at Capital Radio working with Chris Tarrant.

5) Sarah Sands
Is a consultant editor of the Daily Mail. She was the first female editor of the Sunday Telegraph. She had started her career at the Sevenoaks Courier in Kent, before she joined the Evening Standard and editing the Londoner's Dairy gossip column. Not only this but she had also written two novels.

6) James Scroggs
Is a vice-president, consumer business of SpinVox, and the voice to screen messagain compant. He has previously been the vice president of marketing for MTV, were he was responsible for all advertising, digital events, products and brand experiences.

7) Janine Gibson
Is the executive editor of Guardian Unlimited and editor in chief of MediaGuardian.

8) Matt Wells
Is editor of MediaGuardian and presenter of the Media Talk podcast.