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Mediaweek.com’s Top Stories of 2009

Gr8List — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:16:03 +0000

2009 was a year of great economic and media industry upheaval—and Mediaweek.com brought readers thorough, up-to-date news coverage of all the ad-supported media industries. The downturn did not spare any specific medium—and as you’ll find on this report, the 2009 Top Ten Most-Read Stories on Mediaweek.com, all media are present.

1. Exclusive: Playboy Slashes Rate Base 38%
2. OK! Looks to Cash In on Michael Jackson Death Cover
3. FoxNews.com Rockets Nearly 50% in April
4. CNN.com, Facebook Team on Live Inauguration Stream
5. Twentieth TV Shows ‘Mike and Juliet’ the Door
6. Condé Nast Folds Domino
7. Nielsen: Casual Gamers Play Less, Come Back Often
8. AMC’s The Prisoner Plots to Tunnel Under DVR Viewing
9. Letterman Extends Late Night Streak Over Conan
10. Study: Twitter Audience Does Not Have A Return Policy

The 51 Best Magazines Ever

Gr8List — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:34:04 +0000

The editors of Good magazine have compiled a list of the top (smartest, prettiest, coolest, funniest, most Influential, mos t necessary, most Important, most essential, etc.) magazines ever. Check out all 51…

1. Esquire. Under Harold T.P. Hayes (1961-1973)
2. The New Yorker
3. Life. (1936-1972)
4. Playboy
5. The New York Times Magazine
6. Mad. Post comic book, before the death of founder William Gaines (1955-1992)
7. Spy. Until it was sold to fun-sponge Jean Pigozzi (1986-1991)
8. Wired. Early years until Conde Nast buyout (1993-1998)
9. Andy Warhol’s Interview. Until Warhol’s death (1969-1988)
10. Colors. The first 13 issues, under Tibor Kalman (1991-1996)

Timeline of History: 60,000 BCE to the Present

Gr8List — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:43:42 +0000

Frank Smitha began writing the unbiased history of the world that appears on Fsmitha.com in 1987. His website contains a description of events and ideas from prehistory to the 21st century – stories that you can connect into a big picture. The timeline section linked here begins with 60,000 BCE (the Common Era is the period of measured time beginning with the year 1 on the Gregorian calendar) and continues to present day. Get ready to become the smartest person you know…

The Top News Sites of 2006

Gr8List — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:44:34 +0000

Newsknife.com rates news sites based on relevance analysis within the main Google News site. These ratings are based on a sample of 438,330 individual listings at Google News by 4504 sites for 1768 news items during 2006…

1. ABC News
2. New York Times
3. Reuters
4. Washington Post
5. Times Online, UK
6. Forbes
7. Guardian Unlimited, UK
8. Voice of America
9. Christian Science Monitor
10. International Herald Tribune
11. Bloomberg
12. CNN

43 Entrepreneurs Who Are Changing The World

Gr8List — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:15:27 +0000

The 4 3 organi zations that received the Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Awards for 2007 have found a b etter way to do good: They’re using the disciplines of the corporate world to tackle daunting social problems. The Social Capitalist Awards define strong performance as a combination of both social impact and organizational effectiveness. This performance is represented by five critical components: Social Impact, Aspiration & Growth , Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability. The underlying theme is the organization’s ability to analyze tough social and organizational challenges and to craft solutions that create significant improvements over the status quo. Read the full article…

And check out the list of award winning organizations…

The Most Influential Figures in American History

Gr8List — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:29:14 +0000

The Atlantic has published a list of the top 100 influential figures in American history. It was compiled by asking a panel of ten historians to each produce a list, and the lists were then merged. Check out the full list…

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. George Washington
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
5. Alexander Hamilton
6. Benjamin Franklin
7. John Marshall
8. Martin Luther King Jr.
9. Thomas Edison
10. Woodrow Wilson

The Best Magazine Covers of the Year

Gr8List — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 04:07:15 +0000

The best magazine covers of the year were unveiled today at the American Magazine Conference, by Cynthia Leive, President of the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) and Editor-in-Chief of Glamour, and Marlene Kahan, ASME’s Executive Director. The conference, a premier industry event attended by executive-level magazine publishers and editors, as well as the press, is hosted by Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) and ASME. Eligible cover dates of entries ranged from August 1, 2005, to July 31, 2006. View the full list of winning magazine covers…

Cover of the Year – “Flood in the Oval Office,” The New Yorker
Best Celebrity Covers (tie) – Julianne Moore in Harper’s Bazaar; Busta Rhymes in VIBE
Best News Cover – “Watch Your Back Mountain,” The New Yorker
Best Concept Cover – “The End of Cowboy Diplomacy,” TIME
Best Fashion Cover – 2005 Style Issue, Departures
Best Service Cover – 2006 Fitness Issue, Time Out New York
Best Cover Line – “Rocket Man,” The Economist

100 Best Events in North America 2007

Gr8List — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 03:16:45 +0000

The American Bus Association’s Top 100 Events in North America is an annual compendium of the best events for group travel in the United States and Canada. Each spring, a committee of ABA-member motorcoach and tour operators selects the top 100 events for the subsequent year; the list is unveiled in September. Winners are chosen from hundreds of celebrations, festivals, fairs, commemorative events, and more that have been nominated by state tourism offices and local and regional CVBs. Check out the 2007 list…

The Best Podcasts

Gr8List — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 04:37:10 +0000

PodcastBunker.com finds and lists the best podcasts, taking audio quality and the value of the content into consideration. The site offers podcast reviews and 30 second previews to help you decide what you want to hear…

Podcasting is online audio content that is delivered via an RSS feed. Podcasting works the same as a standard RSS feed reader or news aggregator, the only difference is that the feed you subscribe to contains an audio file in it. While podcasting was named for the iPod, you do not have to have an iPod to listen to a podcast. Podcasts can be displayed on websites with clickable links to audio files and many of the standard RSS readers have begun supporting audio enclosures.