Vote for Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
November 11, 2007 by Susan Gunelius
Filed under Marketing
Time magazine is giving people the chance to vote for Time’s Person of the Year although Time states that their editors reserve the right to disagree with the people’s vote. Of course, nothing gives a personal brand a boost quite like being named Time’s Person of the Year does.
I guess we can assume the ten people that are listed for users to vote for on Time’s website must be the magazine’s short list for the actual Person of the Year for 2007. The votes so far put the ten candidates for Person of the Year in the following order:
- J.K. Rowling
- Al Gore
- Barack Obama
- Steve Jobs
- Hillary Clinton
- General David Petraeus
- Condoleezza Rice
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- Hu Jintao
- Vladimir Putin
I certainly haven’t always agreed with Time Magazine’s Person of the Year selection in the past, and this short list leaves me dissatisfied, too. Is this really the best they could do? Can you think of any other people who are noticeably absent from this list of candidates for Time’s Person of the Year?
Only one:
Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook.
Good addition, Michael! I didn’t think of him at all, but I did notice that there is only one businessperson on Time’s list, Steve Jobs. I thought that was a glaring oversight.
Al Gore
I hate to admit this, but yes, they left off a the most visible personal brand of 2007, Ms. Paris Hilton.
There are a dozen or so people that could be on that list, but unfortunately, the year’s biggest news-makers are already represented.
I may have to agree with Robert on this one… Al Gore did have an incredible professional year. I would honestly be surprised if he didn’t win.
Or, watch him get the most votes but the editors decide to put someone else on the cover, now that would be funny.