“His company has turned the music industry on its head and made a sliver of plastic and chrome one of the most desirable consumer items on the planet,” Owen Gibson reports for The Guardian. “Now Apple founder and chief executive Steve Jobs is shaking up the established order in the media industry, with the annual MediaGuardian 100 power list today showing him leapfrogging News Corp mogul Rupert Murdoch into second place.”
“The top spot is taken by BBC director general Mark Thompson, recently in the news for his £619,000 salary but also for his radical restructuring of the corporation,” Gibson reports. “This year’s list was dominated by the digital media revolution. Not only does Mr Jobs, ousted from Apple in 1985 only to return 12 years later to oversee the rise of the iMac, iPod and iTunes, ascend to second place but Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page rise to fourth.”
“Jobs rises four places in this year’s list, keeping Rupert Murdoch in the No 3 spot for the second year in a row – although last year, Murdoch was behind joint top dogs Mark Thompson and Michael Grade,” Gibson reports.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “CharlieBing” for the heads up.]
All this news is so interesting. I’m really beginning to feel the build-up of the new iPods. And it’s clear that people are really interested. But instead of it being just the Apple geeks, it’s… everyone. It’s kind of weird. Enlivening and makes-me-piddle-kind-of-weird.
I suspect the new iPods will contain flux capacitors. I’m pretty sure.
Grats Steve
R, i doubt the ipods will have enough jiggawatts for that.
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It is only a matter of time before our beloved Jobs is #1. When that happens, every CEO in America will be walking around eating Peanut Butter Captain Crunch and refusing to shake hands with people to be “Just like Steve”. Way to go Captain…and way to stick up for the .99 price tag for songs…
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I am on #1 spot for predicting that AAPL stock will hit $68.22 on july 22nd. and i will buy a brand new BMW X3 ( 2006 model ) as a result.
well lets see, i own 3000 shares so thats. umm 16 dollars times 3000, yeh that should do.
i got into AAPL at $51.50 but it fell to $50.50 so i was sorta stressed out during the weekend. thank you for saving me barrons <3
i meant 2007 model. not 2006.
Many big companies are eagerly awaiting for AAPL to go under $50 so they can buy a ton of shares. and the fact is, once AAPL crosses $54, they will kiss that dream “goodbye” and start purchasing it at $55 all the way to $58’s and once it hits $60 again, another wave of huge corporations will start pouring money into it.
BTW, above is just a guess, i am not really so sure about where AAPL is headed, they might simply miss on earnings. because the mackbook came out late in the quarter i think.
Grats to Sergey, too. Russia, go ahead!