What is the Guardian 100 and who are the panellists that create it?• Guardian 100 is the annual guide to the most powerful people in industry. Candidates are judged on three criteria - their cultural, economic and political influence in the UK. The list takes in all sectors of the media, including broadcasting, publishing, new media, advertising, marketing and PR. The panellists who created the Guardian 100 are, Peter Barron, Peter Bennett-Jones, Brent Hoberman, Tessa Jowell, Siobhan Kenny, Andrew Neil, Trevor Phillips, Chris Powell, Janine Gibson, Jane Martinson
How many women are in the top 100? What percentage of the list are women?
There are 21 women in the Guardian 100
What companies do these women work for and in what roles?
The women are listed below and I have included what number they were ranked at and what roles under what company they play.
• 10. Jane Tranter
Job: controller of fiction, BBC
Industry: broadcasting
New entry
• 18. Jay Hunt
Job: controller, BBC1
Industry: broadcasting
New entry
• 19. Lesley Douglas
Job: controller, BBC Radio 2 and 6Music, BBC popular music
Industry: broadcasting
2007 ranking: 9
• 21. Jana Bennett
Job: director of vision, BBC
Industry: broadcasting
2007 ranking: 11
• 23. Helen Boaden
Job: director, BBC news
Industry: broadcasting
2007 ranking: 29
• 25. James Corden and Ruth JonesJob: writers, actors
Age: 30, 41
Industry: broadcasting
New entry
• 26. Dame Marjorie ScardinoJob: chief executive, Pearson
Industry: publishing, digital media
2007 ranking: 41
• 27. Elisabeth Murdoch
Job: chairman and chief executive, Shine Group
Industry: broadcasting
2007 ranking: 54
• 30. Rebekah WadeJob: editor, the Sun
Industry: publishing
2007 ranking: 23
• 35. Carolyn McCall
Job: chief executive, Guardian Media Group
Industry: publishing, broadcasting, digital media
2007 ranking: 46
• 36. Gail Rebuck
Job: chairman and chief executive, Random House UK
Industry: publishing
New entry
• 38. Sly Bailey
Job: chief executive, Trinity Mirror
Industry: publishing
2007 ranking: 36
• 47. Arianna Huffington
Job: founder, editor-in-chief, Huffington Post
Industry: digital media
New entry
• 50. Dawn Airey
ob: chair and chief executive elect, Channel Five
Industry: broadcasting
2007 ranking: 50
• 52. Veronica Wadley
Job: editor, London Evening Standard
Industry: publishing
New entry
• 56. Jane Bruton
Job: editor, Grazia
Industry: publishing
2007 ranking: 71
• 66. Joanna ShieldsJob: AOL executive vice-president and president of People Networks
Industry: digital media
New entry
• 73. Caroline Michel
Job: chief executive, PFD
Industry: literary and talent management
New entry
• 83. Katie Price
Job: reality TV star, author
Industry: broadcasting, publishing
New entry
• 97. Eileen GallagherJob: chief executive, Shed Media
Industry: broadcasting
New entry
• 98. Emily Bell
Job: director of digital content, Guardian News & Media
Industry: digital media
2007 ranking: 97
How would you assess the balance of power in this list and why do you think it is this way?The balance of power is evidently in the benefit of men as the percentage of women is 1/5 compared to men. Also, the women that have been included in this list are all ‘top notch’as they are not average women who are being praised for their editing work. However there is still a glass ceiling visible from this list of women and their occupation we can see that they are still not as high up as men within the working world
