Vote Like It's 2005

Anderson Cooper is nowhere to be seen in the competition this year. Aah! But you can write your own choice. All you have to do is vote for Oprah Winfrey... just kidding, but if you vote for Oprah I'll like you a lot more. Anyway, click Vote on your favorite news person -- but Oprah stands out! Really. And in the next screen you can write Anderson Cooper, anchorman of Anderson Cooper 360° on CNN. And click VOTE (again). Vote for Anderson here: I Want Media

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2005 Media Person of the Year: Anderson Cooper

The CNN newsman is voted the year's "media icon."

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Anderson Cooper, the host of "Anderson Cooper 360°" on CNN, was named the 2005 Media Person of the Year in the annual online poll held by I Want Media. Cooper was announced as the year's top figure in the media industry on CNBC's "The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch" on Dec. 5.

The readers of I Want Media nominated 10 candidates and sent thousands of hits to the two-week-long Internet poll. The winner last year, in 2004, was Jon Stewart of Comedy Central -- a "fake" news anchor.

Following Cooper, the figures who earned the most votes this year were, in order: Steve Jobs; Howard Stern; Google guys Sergey Brin and Larry Page; and Martha Stewart.

[Check the 2005 vote here: Anderson Cooper is the King!]

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.............. Play Forward to 2009:

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Anderson Cooper is nowhere to be seen in the competition this year. Aah! But you can write your own choice. All you have to do is vote for Oprah Winfrey... just kidding, but if you vote for Oprah I'll like you a lot more. Anyway, click Vote on your favorite news person -- but Oprah stands out! Really. And in the next screen you can write Anderson Cooper, anchorman of Anderson Cooper 360° on CNN. And click VOTE (again). Vote for Anderson here: I Want Media

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Who Should Be Named 2009 Media Person of the Year?

Blog queen Arianna Huffington was voted the top figure in media in 2008. Make your pick from among this year's 10 contenders.
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Who was the leading personality in the media industry in 2009? Who left a lasting imprint — for good or ill? Cast your vote in I Want Media's eighth annual online election to name the Media Person of the Year.

Readers of I Want Media have again suggested an eclectic group of candidates to be considered for recognition as the year's most memorable media biz figure.

The voting is open until 12 midnight ET this Sunday, Dec. 6, with the winner to be announced the following morning.

Who's your choice? Here are the 10 finalists:

Tim Armstrong (Google's Advertising)
Glenn Beck (Fox Idiot)
Lou Dobbs (TV Unemployed Idiot)
Jay Leno (Late-night Host)
David Letterman (Late-night Host)
Rupert Murdoch (Newspaper Fucker Mogul)
Si Newhouse (Conde Nast Chief)
Redbox ($1 DVD Rental Box)
Twitter Guys (Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone & Evan Williams)
Oprah Winfrey (Goddess)

RUNNER UPS:
Balloon Boy Not an industry figure, but a cautionary media tale ... Don Draper Not a real person, yet "Mad Men" became even more addicting in its third season ... Nikki Finke Sold her must-read infotainment industry news site and bitch slapped The New Yorker ... Harvey Levin Broke the news of Michael Jackson's death on TMZ; still got no respect ... John Micklethwait Both Newsweek and BusinessWeek want to emulate his Economist magazine ... Brian Roberts Aspired to become a major media player with his quest to scoop up NBC Universal ... Diane Sawyer Poised to follow Katie Couric as the second woman to take the evening news anchor chair.

The 2009 Media Person of the Year will be announced Monday, December 7, 2009.

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Anderson Cooper is nowhere to be seen in the competition this year. Aah! But you can write your own choice. All you have to do is vote for Oprah Winfrey... just kidding, but if you vote for Oprah I'll like you a lot more. Anyway, click Vote on your favorite news person -- but Oprah stands out! Really. And in the next screen you can write Anderson Cooper, anchorman of Anderson Cooper 360° on CNN. And click VOTE (again). Vote for Anderson here: I Want Media

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