As the first decade of the 21st century comes to a close, expect more “top list” kind of postings to come up in the next couple of weeks. This is the best time to release those lists as this is the time to look back and analyze what has happened in our lives during the past 10 years.
In Marketing, Media and Agency World, the decade has been a pretty exciting one. And Adweek Media got it fully covered with its best and brightest in the branding, marketing, media and agency world covering 33 categories.
Among those who made it to Adweek Media’s Best of 2000s are the likes of Google, Rupert Murdoch, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Disney Channel, Wired and other Internet famous people, organizations, companies and websites which all graced our lives this past decade.
So, here’s Adweek Media’s Best of the 2000s:
MEDIA COMPANY OF THE DECADE and DIGITAL COMPANY OF THE DECADE
– Google
MEDIA EXECUTIVE OF THE DECADE – Rupert Murdoch
MEDIA ENTREPRENEURS OF THE DECADE – Larry Page & Sergey Brin
TV SHOW OF THE DECADE – The Sopranos
BROADCAST NETWORK OF THE DECADE – CBS
CABLE NETWORK OF THE DECADE – Disney Channel
MAGAZINE OF THE DECADE – Wired
RADIO PERSONALITY OF THE DECADE – Rush Limbaugh
WEB SITE OF THE DECADE – YouTube
BLOG OF THE DECADE – Gawker
COMMERCIAL OF THE DECADE – Honda, “Grrr”
SUPER BOWL SPOT OF THE DECADE – Coca-Cola, “It’s Mine”
CAMPAIGN OF THE DECADE – Apple, “Get a Mac”
COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR OF THE DECADE – Daniel Kleinman
PRINT AD OF THE DECADE – NBA, “There Can Only Be One”
OUT-OF-HOME AD OF THE DECADE – Apple, “Silhouettes”
DIGITAL CAMPAIGN OF THE DECADE – Nike Plus
AGENCY OF THE DECADE – Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
SMALL AGENCY OF THE DECADE – Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners
AGENCY EXECUTIVES OF THE DECADE – Jeff Goodby & Rich Silverstein
AGENCY CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DECADE – Alex Bogusky
MULTICULTURAL AGENCY OF THE DECADE – GlobalHue
DIGITAL AGENCY OF THE DECADE – R/GA
MEDIA AGENCY OF THE DECADE – Starcom MediaVest Group
MEDIA AGENCY EXECUTIVE OF THE DECADE – Irwin Gotlieb
MARKETER OF THE DECADE – Steve Jobs
MARKETING INNOVATION OF THE DECADE – Viral Videos
BRAND OF THE DECADE – Apple
PRODUCT OF THE DECADE – iPod
PROMOTION OF THE DECADE – BMW Films
PRODUCT PLACEMENT OF THE DECADE – Coca-Cola/‘American Idol’
DIGITAL DEVICE/PLATFORM OF THE DECADE – Facebook
So, do you know all of the Internet entities on the list? Do you agree with Adweek Media’s selection? Apple and the iPod for Brand and Product of the Decade? Do you agree.
If you want to check out Adweek’s reason for choosing these media entities on the list, check out the Best of 2000 site.