Media Guardian Top 100

1. What is the Guardian 100 and who are the Panalist that create it?

The Media Guardian Top 100 is an annual guide of the Top institutions, people or items in the UK today. Judged by media experts on how they have managed to stay on top or crumble within the culture, economics or the political power of todays society. The different judges are experienced media watchers from the worlds of politics, journalism, advertising, television.

Andrew Zein is a seniour vice resident of Warner Bros. He joined Warner Bros early this year after being manager director of Vicar of Dibley for 13 years. He was also part of the team who sold the independent producer Endemol.

Christian Payne previously spent 10 years travelling the world in jobs such as an expedition leader in Africa, a shepherd in Switzerland and a didgeridoo teacher in Australia. He writes anything and everything from social technology to photography.

Farah Ramzan Golant joined the advertising company AMV BBDO in 1990 and worked with Sainsbury's, BT, Mars, Mercedes and Aviva. In 200 she was appointed head of client service, in 2002 she become managing directer and in 2005 become cheif director. Which means making her way up in status wasnt very hard for her. She has lead the agency's drive into the digital world ad joined another company which was the parent company of AMV BBDO Worldwide in 2007.

Luke Johnson statrted 10 years ago in which he became the founder of Risk Capital Parters, which is a private equity. After six years as a chairman in channel 4 at the broadcaster he stepped down. He now owns and chairs bakery chain Patisserie Valerie and part time owner of restaurant business Giraffe. He writes a weekly column in the Financial Times and is chairman of the Royal Society of Arts.

Oona King was was peeiviously seniour policy adviser to Gordon Brown on equalities and divesity, but now is head of diversity at channel 4. from 1997 to 2005 she took unpaid leave from being a broadcaster to persure her compaign for the Labour nomination in the London mayoral race. Her political diary House Music was published in 2007.

Jane Martinson is the editor of MediaGuardian. Before joining the Gaurdian she worked at the Finincial Times as investment corresponent and financial reporter. She has been associated media business editor; City news editor and a lo of well known aricle.

John Plunkett writes many things, in which one is Radio. He writes for MediaGuardian and edits the Media Monkey diary column. In 2002 he started to contribute to MediaGuardian from his second year he virtually writes every profile.He worked for Boradcase, Heat Magazine and the Sun.His career started in his local newspapers, working at the Medway News and Standard in Kent and Eastern Evening in Norwich.

Steve Busfield is head of media and technology across the Guardian, the Observer and guardian.co.uk. Previously he worked for news editor of Guardian.co.uk. Before his Guardian career he was a showbusiness reporter for Daily Mail, news and editor of Broadcasr and a reporter for the Press Gazetter. Also reporter for the Stoke evening Sentiel and Nottingham Evening Post.

From 2002 to 2009 Veronica Wadley was editor of the London Evening Standard. She is now chair of the Arts Council London and has a number board positions lie advisory council of arts and business. She was previously deputy editor of The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail.

2. How many women are in the top 100?
There are approximatly 16 woman in the top 100. This shows the top 100 are male dominated on the influence in the UK this year, while last year there was 19 woman.


3. What companies do these women work for and in what roles?
12. Jay Hunt - Controller of BBC1 in Broadcasting
16. Rebekah Brooks - Cheif Executive of News international
18. Elisabeth Murdoch - chairman and chief executive of the Shine Group
21. Helen Boaden - Director of BBC News
25. Dame Marjorie Scardino - Chief executive of Pearson
34. Tessa Ross - controller of Film4
36. Dame Gail Rebuck - Chairman and chief executive of Random House
42. Roisin Donnelly - Corporate marketing director and head of marketing for Procter & Gamble UK and Ireland
45. Jana Bennett - Director of vision for BBC
50. Cilla Snowball - Chief executive of AMV Group; chairman, AMV BBDO
62. Sly Bailey - Chief executive of Trinity Mirror
63. Janice Hadlow - Controller of BBC2
69. Jane Bruton - Editor of Grazia
80. Angela Jain - Head of E4
82.Martha Lane Fox - UK digital champion

The roles of the woman in the top 100 are usually main jobs like Chief executive and Chairman.

Chairman and Chief Executive:

- Rebekah Brooks - Chief Executive of News international

- Elisabeth Murdoch - Chairman and Chief Executive of The Shine Group

- Dame Marjorie Scardino - Chief Executive of Pearsons

- Dae Gail Rebuck - Chairman and Chief executive of Random House

- Cilla Snowball - Chief executive of AMV Group and Chairman of AMV BBDO

- Sly Bailey - Chief executive of Trinity Mirror

Chief Executive seem to be the main role in the Top 100 woman. As Chief executive is the highest ranking in the corporate officers or administrators in charge of total management in their company. Even though there are not a lot of woman in this top 100 they do have a high ranking in each of their jobs even though they mostly have more than one job.

Head, Director, Controller, Editor:

- Jay Hunt - Controller of BBC1 in Broadcasting

- Helen Boaden - Director of BBC News

- Tessa Ross - controller of Film4

- Roisin Donnelly - Corporate marketing director and head of marketing for Procter & Gamble UK and Ireland

- Jana Bennett - Director of vision for BBC

- Janice Hadlow - Controller of BBC2

-Jane Bruton - Editor of Grazia
-Angela Jain - Head of E4
-Martha Lane Fox - UK digital champion

Even though these woman aren't Chief or Chairman they are still highly ranked and highly respectable woman in their job. For example Angela Jain is head of e4, so instead of a woman being dominant in the role of being top, Angela Jain has risen to the top of e4 and become head of the whole institute. Even though Angela Jain is head of E4 she is still very much at the bottom, showing just because she is in charge of E4 doesn't mean she will be top ranking.

4. What percentage of the 100 is women?
16% of Woman are in the top 100. This shows that the woman are less influential on todays society.

5. How would you assess the balance of power in this list and why do you think it is this way?
I think the top 100 is more male dominant because male have more of a influence on the UK today. With every company, every item, media text, males are more likely to make it popular. As males are more likely to make something popular for example, Steve Jobs make Apple Software popular.