Steve Jobs Named #1 'Power Geek'
If you were going to create a list of the top personalities when it came to digital music, chances are you'd put Steve Jobs, the Apple CEO and iTunes figurehead, in the #1 spot. No surprise, then, that that's exactly where he landed in 'Blender's' "Powergeek 25" list. He tops the list of "behind-scenes-players reshaping the way people listen to, buy and watch music," and while we're not sure about the "behind-scenes" part (Steve is nothing but vocal about a number of things), there's little doubt that he's the one with the most influence on the future of online music distribution.
Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolve, co-founders of MySpace, are co-occupiers of the second spot on the list, while YouTube's Chad Hurley and Steve Chen share third spot. You have to go down to fourth before you get to someone from the "old school" music industry, Universal Music Group's 68-year-old CEO Doug Morris.
Ironically, it's Universal Music Group that Apple has been rumored to be losing from their iTunes service, potentially thanks to Steve Jobs' big push to get rid of digital rights protection on music sold through iTunes.
From Reuters
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