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MediaGuardian 100: who did we miss? Jeremy Paxman and Deborah Turness. Paxman is virtually unique in holding politicians to account. He is, therefore, of more value than a lot of the Media 100 whose contribution to humanity seems to be the creation of gizmos and floss. The current version of ITN is thriving because Turness is at the helm. nationwide online What no Steve Moffat, Jeremy Paxman, MySociety people, Tim Berners Lee, Nigel Shadbolt, Daniel Ek, Jonathan Ross but a woman from Glee? As for Clay Shirky as token net guru: try someone far more sussed like John Palfrey or [Jonathan] Zittrain of the Berkman Centre. And where is Ben Goldacre? jenevs online Aleksandr Orlov, he had a huge year. Benson11 online Andy Mullins – MD of the Standard and the real architect behind successfully turning it free. elfimaju online Andrew Neil – all over the BBC and owns publishing companies internationally. lboogy online Gillian Tett of the Financial Times – all over the crash coverage and in other media. Now head of the FT in the US. weejohnnie online Surprised Colin Myler isn't in there given that he edits the best-selling newspaper in the country impartialobserver online I was astonished that John Ryley, the head of Sky News, was missing from the MediaGuardian 100. As the key mover in the campaign for the prime ministerial debates, he surely single-handedly transformed the election. As Peter Preston wrote in the Observer, Ryley "changed elections for all our lifetimes" when he led the push for the debates last September. If that doesn't merit him a place, ahead of such media luminaries as Big Brother, I don't know what does. Simon Bucks associate editor, Sky News I was on the list but am so powerful I got them to take my name off it. DanielBrusca online Tyler Brûlé? Probably the only person in the industry to have led a new print publication into profitability of late, challenging the accepted notion that print is dead. He's also pioneered a profitable (if obnoxious) advertising model. JosephKern online