Quick Peeks

Lisa Devaney

Normal 0 This week in The Guardian, the annual MediaGuardian 100  list is chock full of plenty of talented media people, and includes a number of truly innovative digital types who are shaping the emerging media landscape.

The ranking is top heavy with choices from the BBC, and has a smattering of new media types such as Eileen Gallagher, Chief Executive of  Shed Media, and hails a few personalities like Simon Cowell, Katie Price and Ant & Dec. I’m not in disagreement with the choices for this highly influential people list, but I do feel there are some people missing.

Toiling around the fringes of the mainstream media is a busy, creative and working-hard-in-the-trenches community of small entrepreneurs. Many are ‘doing their own thing’ when it comes to media, in all the forms it takes. I’ve cherry picked some folks from my immediate sphere of influence, and some who I think The Guardian just missed the mark on, because they are a bit more behind-the-scenes, but are leaders who I think are having an impact on the emerging media landscape.

Do note, these choices are entirely my own, and I’d love to hear your feedback about some of the people you think are rocking the media world these days. Let’s applaud them, and celebrate all those who are contributing to an ever-changing information delivery system, and who are making being informed, being entertained via whatever form the media medium chooses to take. So without further ado, please let me present my list of Other Media Peopl:

Music Media People

oOOo Peter Gabriel for his investment in emerging media companies, including his current project The Filter.

oOOo The Last.FM founders Felix Miller, Martin Stiksel, Michael Breidenbruecker and Thomas Willomitzer.

Multimedia People

oOOo Jon Gisby, head of new media at Channel 4, and caretaker of the new £50K 4iP Fund.

oOOo Steve Taylor, the ideas guy at Carat Media, part of Aegis.

oOOo Katz Kiely, founding director of Just-B. Productions and the brain’s behind the b.TWEEN festival.

oOOo Sarah Platt, mistress of all things video and director of Kinura.com.

oOOo Dr. Richard Barbrook , media theorist, author and professor of political science at the University of Westminster.

oOOo Anne-Fay Townsend, pop cultural blogger and co-founder of BigShinyThing.com.

oOOo Darrell Berry, photographer and co-founder of BigShinyThing.com, who is slyly documenting London's nightlife.

oOOo Lloyd Davis, social media master and founder of The Tuttle Club  (also known as the London Social Media Café).

oOOo Daniel Appelquist,  who works for Vodaphone, is always a friendly face to see at Mobile Mondays, and had great success in bringing the BBC sponsored Over the Air to London. He is also a contributing author to the new Mobile Internet for Dummies and is also the UK representative for W3.

 oOOo Helen Keegan aka Technokitten, a mobile media specialist who may have the longest history with the mobile industry of anyone working in the industry, in London, given her legacy with Zag Me, that begins waaaay back in the 90s.

oOOo Kieran Wyatt , who holds the editorial power over selecting what the absolute best things for Londoners to do each week as the editor of Flavourpill.net.

 Green Media People

oOOo  George Manbiot, author, journalist, and green political activist.

oOOo Dan Ilet, a freelance writer and the head of the blog Greenbang.com.

oOOo Tracey Todhunter, a blogger who overs practical tips for individuals and communities for keeping low on carbon. 

oOOo John Grant, author of The Green Marketing Manifesto.

oOOo Shawn Chamberlain the dark optimist.

AND:

oOOo Gordon MacMillan, the editor of Brand Republic, who kindly allows this Quick Peeks blog to exist!

…and many more!

Who are your favourite Other Media People?

-Lisa