The Web Celeb 25
Here are the biggest and brightest stars on the Internet
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Face of Fame Is Changing
The ranks of the world's celebrities used to be dominated by millionaire actors, athletes and musicians, but the Internet has leveled the playing field. A kid with a video camera has access to as large an audience as the biggest Hollywood star. From penniless bloggers to geek entrepreneurs, these are the biggest and brightest stars on the Web.
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Jessica Lee Rose (Lonelygirl15)
Rank: 1
Age: 19
What: YouTube Star
To millions of online fans, she was first known as Bree, a 16-year-old, home-schooled American teenager. She attracted millions of fans. In August 2006, the videos were exposed as scripted fakes.
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Perez Hilton
Rank: 2
Age: 28
What: Celebrity gossip blogger
Hollywood stars fear the wrath of Perez Hilton, a controversial gossip-monger with a poison pen and hugely popular Web site.
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Markos Moulitsas Zúniga
Rank: 3
Age: 35
What: Political blogger
To his legions of fans, he's better known as "Kos," an Army nickname that rhymes with "dose." To conservative U.S. politicians, he's known as a perpetual thorn in the side of the Republican Party.
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Matt Drudge
Rank: 4
Age: 40
What: News Web site editor
How many Web celebs can boast they helped impeach a president? Only one: Matt Drudge, editor of the Drudge Report, the Web site that in 1998 broke the news of President Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
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Seth Godin
Rank: 5
Age: 46
What: Marketing Guru
Godin is uniquely respected for his understanding of the Internet, and his essays and opinions are widely read and quoted online and off.
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Bald is beautiful (and brilliant in modern marketing)
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