Consumers Overwhelmingly Name President George W. Bush The 2002 Yahoo! Person Of The Year; The Votes Have Been Counted and Yahoo! Users Make Their Voices Heard.News & Entertainment Editors SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2002 Musician and Actor Eminem Scores a Second Place Finish and Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan Rounds Out the Top Three Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ), a leading global Internet company, today announced that users have overwhelmingly named President George W. Bush the 1st annual Yahoo! Person of the Year. Musician and actor Eminem and Secretary-General of The United Nations, Kofi Annan Kofi Atta Annan (born April 8, 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1 1997 to January 1 2007, serving two five-year terms. He was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001. , rounded out the top three vote getters in the first ever year-end poll to name the noisemaker and/or newsmaker news·mak·er n. One that is newsworthy. of 2002. The Yahoo! Person of the Year (http://promotions.yahoo.com/personoftheyear2002) poll gave consumers a voice in naming the one person, from a list of candidates, who had the biggest impact on their year. Registered Yahoo! users were able to vote for their choice of a list of 10 nominees featured in the poll, including statesmen, politicians, athletes, entertainment personalities, authors, actors and musicians. The Yahoo! Person of the Year poll was created via Yahoo!'s one-of-a-kind community and information platform. The top three finishers in the Yahoo! Person of the Year poll are: -- George W. Bush -- President of the United States with 36.2 percent of votes -- Eminem -- musician and actor with 12.2 percent of votes -- Kofi Annan -- Secretary-General of the United Nations with 9.6 percent of votes Additional candidates in the Yahoo! Person of the Year poll include: -- Osbourne Family -- Stars of reality TV show on MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. received 9.3 percent of votes -- Colin Powell Noun 1. Colin Powell - United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937) Colin luther Powell, Powell -- U.S. Secretary of State received 8.9 percent of votes -- Britney Spears -- Singer and actress received 6.4 percent of votes -- Howard Stern -- Radio personality received 6.2 percent of votes -- J.K. Rowling -- Author of the Harry Potter series of books received 5.6 percent of votes -- Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams, (born September 26, 1981) is an American former World No. 1 ranked female tennis player who has won eight Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles.[1]. -- Tennis player received 3.2 percent of votes -- Barry Bonds Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24 1964 in Riverside, California) is a left fielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He is the son of former major league All-Star Bobby Bonds, the godson of Hall of Famer Willie Mays, and a distant cousin of Hall of Famer Reggie -- Baseball player, San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era received 2.4 percent of votes "We are thrilled to announce the winner of our Yahoo! Person of the Year poll," said Jim Moloshok, senior vice president, Yahoo! Media, Entertainment, Information and Finance, Yahoo!. "As the No. 1 trafficked Internet brand in the U.S.(1) and a leading online destination for everything from news and sports to games and movies, we are delighted to have given our users this unique opportunity to make their voices heard as 2002 draws to a close." The year-end poll to determine the Yahoo! Person of the Year was created via Yahoo!'s one-of-a-kind community and information platform. Yahoo! produced a list of the 2002 noisemaker and newsmaker candidates by creating a database that included the most-searched-for people, most viewed photos, most popular news articles and related Buzz Index results. An editorial oversight committee, made up of Yahoos who are experts in tracking and identifying consumer interests and trends, then reviewed the data collected and used it to determine the final list of 10 candidates. The Yahoo! Person of the Year poll is a part of the Yahoo! Year In Review (http://yir.yahoo.com/2002/), a snapshot of the people, events, stories and innovations that shaped 2002, including a ranking of the top Yahoo! Buzz Index results. The Yahoo! Year In Review features robust topic-specific round-ups that capture significant happenings and news highlights of 2002 from 16 participating Yahoo! properties, including Yahoo! News Yahoo! News is an Internet-based news aggregator provided by Yahoo!. It features Top Stories, U.S. National, World, Business, Entertainment, Science, Health, Weather, Most Popular, News Photos, Op/Ed, and Local news. , Yahoo! Finance and Yahoo! Movies. LAUNCH, the music destination on Yahoo! also features a Year in Review for music (http://launch.yahoo.com/promotions/yim2002/), including charts, photo galleries and video programming highlighting the most popular artists of the year, including Eminem, Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne Whibley,[1] better known by her birth name of Avril Lavigne (IPA: /æv.ɹʌl lə.vin/), (born September 27 1984) is a Canadian rock/punk-pop singer, musician and actress. , Nelly nel·ly or nel·lie n. pl. nel·lies Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for an effeminate homosexual man. [Probably from the name Nelly, nickname for Helen.] , Kelly Clarkson Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24 1982) is an American pop rock singer. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the highly publicized first season of the television series American Idol in 2002. and many more. Musician and singer Eminem scored a double play in 2002, coming in second in the Person of the Year poll and first in a separate Yahoo! Movies Year In Review poll in which the performer was judged to have had the best debut this year as a lead in a feature film. Yahoo! users also voted that the D.C.-area sniper See sniping software. shootings were the biggest news event of 2002 in a Yahoo! News Year In Review poll. About Yahoo! Yahoo! Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive online products and services to consumers and businesses worldwide. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and the most trafficked Internet destination worldwide. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Yahoo!'s global network includes 25 World properties and is available in 13 languages. Editors Note: Screen shots for Yahoo! Person of the Year and Year in Review at: http://public.yahoo.com/~kylekim/yir/screenshot/. Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners (1) Nielsen//NetRatings' MarketView report, October 2002 |
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