EMG works closely with media companies across many digital platforms, but we wanted to
focus this section on one area that is showing explosive growth — online. We will be
listing the 50 people most influencing the creation and distribution of content online and
linking you to the companies that they represent.

The Hollywood Reporter's recent Digital Power issue highlighted the Top 50 individuals and companies plotting the course for content on emerging digital platforms. They profiled the gatekeepers at the Web portals, the top execs reshaping the online distribution landscape and the stewards reinventing brands we already know — and creating new ones for the digital era.

"Digital" gets overused a lot these days, but for this Top 50 list, we are referring to online content, not DVD, mobile, VOD or video games. And this list isn't for the Rupert Murdoch's or the Steve Job's of this world, but for the executives whom the moguls rely on to make good on their mandates for digital content revenues.

So here we have the Top 50 innovators leading Hollywood's march online:

1. Steve Wadsworth, President - Walt Disney Internet Group
2. Peter Levinsohn, President - Fox Interactive Media
3. George Kliavkoff, Chief Digital Officer - NBC Universal
4. Mika Salmi, President of Global Digital Media - MTV Networks
5. Quincy Smith, President - CBS Interactive
6. Sean Carey, Senior Executive VP - Sony Pictures Television
7. David Eun, VP Content Partnerships - Google
8. Tom Lesinski, President - Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment
9. Ross Levinshohn & Jonathan Miller, Partners - Velocity Interactive Group
10. Albert Cheng, Executive VP Digital Media - Disney-ABC Television Group
11. Eddy Cue, VP of iTunes - Apple
12. Thomas Gewecke, President - Warner Bros Digital Distribution
13. Dan Fawcett, President of Digital Media - Fox Entertainment Group
14. Bob Bowman, President & CEO - MLB.com
15. Jason Kilar, CEO - Hulu
16. Jordan Hoffner, Head of Content Partnerships - YouTube
17. Jeff Berman, President of Sales & Marketing - MySpace
18. Joanna Shields, CEO - Bebo
19. Blair Westlake, Corporate VP Media & Entertainment Group - Microsoft Corp
20. Dick Glover, President - Or Die Networks
21. Brett Bouttier, Senior VP Digital - Warner Bros Television Group
22. Erik Huggers, Group Controller for Future Media & Technology - BBC
23. Herb Scannell, Co-Founder & CEO - Next New Networks
24. John Kosner, Senior VP - ESPN Digital Media
25. Erik Flannigan, Executive VP Digital Media - MTV Networks
26. Steve Youngwood, Executive VP Digital Media - Nickelodeon/MTV Kids
27. Harvey Levin, Managing Editor - TMZ.com
28. Keith Richman, CEO - Break Media
29. Michael Eisner, Founder - Vuguru
30. Dan Goodman, President of Digital Media - Media Rights Capital
31. Rob Bennett, General Manager of Entertainment, Video & Sports - MSN
32. Jordan Levin, CEO - Generate
33. Dennis Miller, General Partner - Spark Capital
34. Mitch Gelman, Senior VP - CNN.com
35. Bill Wilson, Executive VP Programming - AOL
36. Amy Banse, President - Comcast Interactive Media
37. Miles Beckett, CEO - EQAL
38. Scott Moore, Senior VP & Head of Media - Yahoo
39. Teemu Huuhtanen, President of North America - Sulake Corp
40. Michael Jackson, President of Programming - IAC
41. Brent Weinstein, CEO - 60 Frames
42. Vivi Zigler, Executive VP - NBC Digital Entertainment & New Media
43. Tero Ojanpera, Executive VP Entertainment & Communities - Nokia
44. Albie Hecht, CEO - Worldwide Biggies
45. Randi Zuckerberg, Business Development Manager - Facebook
46. Dmitry Shapiro, Founder - Veoh
47. Stan Rogow, Principal - Electric Farm Entertainment
48. Jason Hirschhorn, President - Sling Media Entertainment Group
49. Jon Vlassopulos, Senior VP Digital Media - Endomol USA
50. Yvette Alberdingk Thijm, Executive VP Content - Joost

And who knows, with the way our industry is evolving, next year's Top 50 might look totally different!