WWilliam Henry "Hank" Green II is an American vlogger, science communicator, entrepreneur, author, internet producer, and musician. He is known for producing the YouTube channel Vlogbrothers, where he and his older brother, author John Green, regularly upload videos, as well as for creating and hosting the educational YouTube channels Crash Course and SciShow. He has also advocated for and organized social activism, created and hosted a number of other YouTube channels and podcasts, released music albums, and amassed a large following on TikTok.
WJohn Iadarola is an American talk show host, YouTube personality and political pundit who is a host for the online news show The Young Turks and The Damage Report. Iadarola is also the host of the docu-series True North, distributed on the go90 streaming service by Verizon.
WAnahit Misak "Ana" Kasparian is an American progressive political commentator, media host, university instructor, and journalist. She is the main host and a producer of the online news show The Young Turks, having begun working as a fill-in producer for the show in 2007. She also appeared on the television version of the show that aired on Current TV. She formerly hosted The Point on the TYT Network and currently co-hosts a Jacobin YouTube show, Weekends with Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila.
WKyle Edward Kulinski is an American political commentator and talk show host. Kulinski is the host and producer of The Kyle Kulinski Show on his YouTube channel Secular Talk and is a co-host with Krystal Ball on the progressive podcast Krystal Kyle & Friends. Kulinski was previously affiliated with The Young Turks, though his channel Secular Talk is not currently part of their network.
WDennis Michael Lynch better known to friends and fans as "DML", is an American businessman, documentary film maker, podcast host and news personality. Currently, he is the founder and CEO of TV360, a company specializing in the distribution of news programming, podcasts and digital films. He is also the creator of TeamDML.com, an online membership-based service for people who wish to watch his daily podcast about politics and news. Recently, Lynch became the co-owner of a CBD brand that bears his name, DML CBD.
WJudy Malloy is a poet whose works embrace the intersection of hypernarrative, magic realism, and information art. Beginning with Uncle Roger in 1986, Malloy has composed works in both new media literature and hypertext fiction. She was an early creator of online interactive and collaborative fiction on The WELL and ArtsWire .
WCarlos Manuel Maza is an American journalist and video producer who started the Vox series Strikethrough. The Columbia Journalism Review described him as "Brian Stelter meets NowThis".
WJennette Michelle Faye McCurdy is an American singer-songwriter, filmmaker and former actress. She is known for her acting career, notably playing Sam Puckett in the Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly (2007–2012) and its spin-off series Sam & Cat (2013–2014). She has also appeared in a number of other television series, including Malcolm in the Middle (2003–2005), Zoey 101 (2005), Lincoln Heights (2007), True Jackson, VP (2009–2010), Victorious (2012), and Between (2015–2016). McCurdy produced, wrote, and starred in her own web series titled What's Next for Sarah? (2014).
WDarley Carol Newman is an American producer, television host, writer, and entrepreneur. Newman is the creator and host of Equitrekking, an Emmy Award-winning equestrian themed travel TV show on PBS, and Travels with Darley, a PBS and Amazon Prime series that documents her experiences traveling with the locals around the world.
WJason Kimball Peterson is a media mogul, attorney, producer, entrepreneur and Chairman of GoDigital Media Group. In 2009, he was named one of the "Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30" by the Los Angeles Business Journal. In 2017, he was named as a "Top 40 under 40 Power Player" in music and home entertainment by both Billboard magazine and Media Play News, respectively. In 2019 and 2020, he was named to Billboard's music industry "Indie Power Players List" and "Latin Power Players List" for managing Daddy Yankee's rights and buying Latino digital media company Mitú, respectively. In 2020, Jason Peterson's GoDigital Media Group and Cinq Music acquired Beluga Heights joint venture with chart-topping artist Jason Derulo.
WPeter David Schiff is an American stock broker, financial commentator, and radio personality. He is CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc., a broker-dealer based in Westport, Connecticut. He is also involved in various roles in other financial services companies, including Euro Pacific Asset Management, an independent investment advisor, Schiff Gold, a precious metals dealer, and Euro Pacific Bank, a full-reserve bank.
WBaratunde Rafiq Thurston is an American writer, comedian, and commentator. Thurston co-founded the black political blog Jack and Jill Politics, whose coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention was archived in the Library of Congress, and was director of digital for The Onion. In 2012, his book How to be Black became a New York Times bestseller.
WOprah Gail Winfrey is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and ran in national syndication for 25 years, from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media,” she was the richest African American of the 20th century was once the World's only Black billionaire and the greatest Black philanthropist in U.S. history. By 2007, she was sometimes ranked as the most influential woman in the world.