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"Twitter Guys" Take Top Media Person(s) Of 2009 Prize

twitter birdie.jpgWe called it.

Last week, when faced with two "Person of the Year" polls, we predicted that the "Twitter Guys," Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams, were a shoe-in to win I Want Media's eighth annual Media Person of the Year online poll. Today, the site revealed the results of the poll, with the Twitter team indeed taking top honors. They join the ranks of past media people of the year like Arianna Huffington and 2007's winner, "Writers On Strike."

Dorsey, Stone and Williams managed to beat out other top vote-getters this year like Oprah Winfrey and Glenn Beck. And in addition to the top 10 that I Want Media nominated for the poll, there were also write-in candidates like Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, Rush Limbaugh and Nikki Finke, the site said.

We'll still have to wait a few days to learn who Time magazine picked for their Person of the Year, and although it looked like the Twitter guys might win that competition, too, they weren't included in the magazine's recent online poll. But remember, Time magazine editors "reserve the right to disagree" and choose pretty much whoever they want anyway.

Previously: Tis The Season...For Person Of The Year Polls; Will Twitter Be Time's Person Of The Year?


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