The MediaGuardian 100 top 20 in pictures

Larry Page, left, and Sergey Brin at the Google karoake night. They decide that U2's I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For doesn't necessarily chime with their brand values. Nice footwear, fellas Photograph: Stuart Ramson/HTC/AP

BBC director general Mark Thompson takes immediate action after rumours circulate that the Daily Mail has a laser beam trained on Television Centre Photograph: David Sillitoe/Guardian

James Murdoch - you can just about spot him at the back - joins in the fun during the launch of a TV channel in China. David Yelland-lookalike wouldn't let anyone else near the microphone, more's the pity Photograph: China Photo/Reuters

A communications mix-up leads Apple boss Steve Jobs to unveil the world's largest laptop computer. 'No, Jonathan, I said smallest, the world's smallest' Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

'Excuse me, Mr Ballmer, can you tell me where Larry Page and Sergey Brin are in relation to you in this year's MediaGuardian 100?' Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP

Rupert Murdoch struggles to contain his disappointment after he slips one place below Alan Dale in a list of influential Australians. Never mind, Rupe, there is mildly better news in the MediaGuardian 100 Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

'If I'm in the top 10 I'll show you my belly!' Eugh. If we make you number one, will you cover it up again, Simon Cowell? Photograph: Eamonn McCabe

'That's funny, Charlie. I thought I had a voice message and now it's been deleted.' Rebekah Brooks with husband Charlie at Royal Ascot Photograph: Rex Features

Evan Williams tells his Twitter co-founders, Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone, that he has made the MediaGuardian 100 - and they haven't Photograph: David Paul Morris/Getty Images North America

'If it was a a political hot potato, it would be approximately this big.' Telegraph editor Will Lewis visualises the impact of his paper's MPs' expenses scoop Photograph: Philip Hollis/Rex Features

Status update: there's a bleedin' great big arrow point at me. Facebook founder and chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg Photograph: Paul Sakuma/AP

BBC trustee Richard Tait (left) tries not to snigger too much after he swaps BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons's hand cream for superglue Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

'What do you mean I'm not in the top 10 anymore?' Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre makes a swift exit Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Rex Features

Peter Fincham discovers he is seven places lower than Simon Cowell in this year's list. Never mind, Peter, at least you beat BBC1 controller Jay Hunt Photograph: Murdo Macleod

Talking of whom... it's Jay Hunt! 'I would never have been this high had I stayed at Channel Five' Photograph: Frank Baron/Guardian

His bark is worse than his bite. And so is Sir Martin Sorrell's. Moments later the WPP boss had an unexpected dry cleaning bill on his hands Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian

Elisabeth Murdoch, her father Rupert Murdoch, his wife Wendi Deng and her husband Matthew Freud make for an unconvincing defensive wall at the annual Murdoch family football match. Lachlan curled it around into the top corner, to make it 3-0 Photograph: Richard Young/Rex Features

'Look into my eyes, look into my eyes, you will greenlight Project Canvas!' Erik Huggers does his best to influence the BBC Trust to approve his next big project Photograph: EPA

Their video is on demand, but their coffee was not. Hulu chief executive Jason Killar with actor and comedian Kathy Griffin Photograph: NBCUPHOTOBANK/Rex Features

We are aware Channel 4 is cutting back its programme budget, but surely it hasn't come to this. Channel 4's head of film and drama, Tessa Ross Photograph: Rex Features