Welcome to the 2009 FOLIO: 40, the oldest, most comprehensive and most distinguished magazine industry compilation of its kind. We’ve spent the last year examining the industry, as well as a few markets that intersect it, for individuals who best represent an increasingly multifaceted media landscape.

Times are hard but this year’s selections can inspire us all.

C-LEVEL VISIONARIES
Len Burnett | Co-CEO and Group Publisher | Uptown Media [0]
Marc Lotenberg | CEO | 944 Media [0]
Rieva Lesonsky | Founder | GrowBiz Media [0]
Peter Sprague | CEO | Premier Guitar [0]
Kathleen Kennedy | Chief Strategy Officer | Technology Review [0]
Tim Regan-Porter | Vice President | Paste [0]
Nick Palazzo | Co-Founder and CEO | Stack [0]
Alain Lemarchand | CEO | Hachette [0]
David Levin | Chief Executive | United Business Media [0]
Steve Morris | EVP | Advanstar Life Sciences [0]

DIRECTOR-LEVEL DOERS
Todd Tauber | Director, Corporate Development | The Economist Group [0]
David Granger | Editor | Esquire [0]
Richard Alleger | SVP of Retail Sales | Rodale [0]
Frank Cutitta | General Manager | IDG Connect [0]
Tricia Clarke-Stone | Director of Integrated Sales | Emmis Interactive [0]
Andrew Sullivan | Blogger | The Atlantic [0]
John Rockwell | VP, Marketing and e-Media | Access Intelligence [0]
Amy Taschler Snyder | Director of Media Systems | Hanley Wood [0]
Chris Dixon | Design Director | New York [0]
Kim Miller | VP, Consumer Marketing | People Group [0]

INDUSTRY INFLUENCERS
Barack Obama | President | United States of America [0]
Flavorpill | Mark Mangan and Sascha Lewis | Co-Founders [0]
Stephen Saunders | Founder | Light Reading [0]
Jim Malkin | CEO | SourceMedia [0]
Richard Rosenblatt | Co-Founder | Demand Media [0]
Cynthia Typaldos | Founder and CEO | Kachingle [0]
Newsstand Wholesalers and Distributors [0]
Quadra Media | Chris Shannon | President • Don Hellinger | CEO [0]
E-readers [0]
Twitter [0]

UNDER THE RADAR
Joe Rominiecki | Newsletter Editor | ASAE [0]
Warwick Sabin | Publisher | Oxford American [0]
Jenny Doh | Editor-in-Chief and Publishing Director | Stampington & Co. [0]
Gerald “Butch” Boettcher | President | Kalmbach Publishing Co. [0]
Jay Hook | Director of Online Strategy | Reni Publishing [0]
Ana Marie Cox | Blogger [0]
Marti Buscaglia | Publisher and CEO | Duluth~Superior Magazine [0]
John Teresko | Editor Emeritus | IndustryWeek [0]
William McGuirl | Director of Quality Assurance | Hearst Magazines [0]
Casey Caplowe | Creative Director, Good [0]

ONES TO WATCH [0]

[EDITOR’S NOTE: These reports were compiled by FOLIO: staff editors Matt Kinsman, Dylan Stableford, Jason Fell, Vanessa Voltolina and freelancer Matt Schwartz.]