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David Levy

No.1 - David Levy

President, Turner Advertising Sales, Turner Sports

As broadcasters struggled this year through the one-two punch of a scarcity of new programming and a concurrent ratings drop-off, this year's Mediaweek 50 No. 1 knew the time was right for a proactive...
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Alan Wurtzel

No.2 - Alan Wurtzel

President, R & D, NBCU

With myriad channels for distributing content, Alan Wurtzel knew the industry needed a new metric that could measure the way viewers consume media.
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John Nesvig

No.3 - John Nesvig

Sales President, Fox Broadcasting

Nesvig has overseen Fox ad sales since the network's premiere in the late '80s and his innovative oversight has helped Fox take in more ad revenue each year.
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Rich Ross

No.4 - Rich Ross

President, Disney Channel Worldwide

The steward of Disney's global kids TV business, Ross oversees 67 network feeds, including 27 Disney Channels and nine Toon Disney channels, a lineup that reaches more than 600 million viewers across...
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Tim Armstrong

No.5 - Tim Armstrong

President, Ad/Commerce, NA, Google

Armstrong holds the keys to Google's digital kingdom, commanding Google's ad growth despite several quarters of lowered expectations on Wall Street and dogged sorties by competitors.
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From the Editors...
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If the media industry were ever in need of a superhero, it would be now. Our second Mediaweek 50 singles out the (mostly) unsung heroes in programming, publishing, research, and the buying and selling of media. Plus, how we pick the Mediaweek 50.
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The Watch List...
Joss Whedon
Executive Producer
Greg Berlanti
Executive Producer
Joanne Bradford
SVP, U.S. Revenue & Market Development, Yahoo
Alan Cohen
CEO, OMD USA
Greg Daniels
Executive Producer
Billy Farina
SVP, Advertising Sales, Cox Communications
Janice Finkel-Greene
EVP, Broadcast Strategy, Initiative






Mediaweek Recognizes Innovative Advertising Agencies

Mediaweek magazine has developed an all-star list, focusing on the best and the brightest in the field of media advertising. The MW-50 recognizes the innovators behind today's most effective marketing strategies as well as the advertising agencies that regularly deliver above-average results.