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MEDIA:

 Top 10 Stories of the Year from Associated Press.

 Top 25 Censored Media Stories from Project Censored.

 The Media Web Awards for 2003 from CBS Marketwatch.

 Top 10 Stories from CNN.com.

 Best News Sites of 2003 from NewsKnife.

 Year of the Niche from Poynter.org.

 2003 Review from MediaWeek.

 Stories We Missed from WBUR's The Connection.

 2003 Online Media Industry Year-in-Review from Online Publishers Association.

 

ONLINE:

 Words of the Year from Merriam-Webster.com.

 Top 100 Searches from Lycos.

 Top 100 Websites from PC Magazine.

 Most Searched Terms from AOL Search.

 2003 Webbys from The Webby Awards.

 Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2003 from Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox.

 The Best of British Blogging from The Guardian.

 

TECHNOLOGY/ SCIENCE:

 Top 10 Stories from CNN.com.

 Product of the Year from Fortune.

 Best Technology from Fortune.

 Worst Technology from Fortune.

 Top 10 Science Breakthroughs from Science magazine (via BBC).

 Best of What's New from Popular Science.

 Coolest Inventions of 2003 from Time.

 The Best of 2003 from The Register.

 Top 10 IT Stories of 2003 from IT World.

 Gear of the Year from Men's Health.

 Technologies of the Year from Industry Week.

 Computing Review from Computing.co.uk.

 Top 10 IT stories of 2003 from InfoWorld.

 World's Largest Databases 2003 from Winter Corporation.

 Best of 2003 from PC World.

 Top 10 Space Mysteries for 2003 from Space.com.

 2003 Editor's Choice from MacWorld.

 

BOOKS:

 Editor's Choice from The New York Times.

 Notable Nonfiction from The New York Times.

 Notable Fiction from The New York Times.

 Best and Worst of 2003 from Time

 Best Books (Fiction) of the Year from Entertainment Weekly

 Best Books (Non-fiction) of the Year from Entertainment Weekly

 The Best Fiction of 2003 from Knight-Ridder Newspapers.

 Best-Selling Books of 2003 from USA Today.

 Best Fiction from Boston Globe.

 Our 25 Favorite Books of 2003 from Village Voice Literary Supplement.

 Books of the Year from The Economist.

 Books of 2003 from SFgate.com.

 Pages of Pleasure from The Guardian.

 Best Books of 2003 from The Seattle Times.

 Best Books of 2003 from Esquire (subscription).

 Book World Raves from Washington Post.

 Highly Recommended Poetry Books of 2003 from Washington Post.

 Best Books of 2003 from Chicago Tribune.

 The Gems of 2003 from Poynter Book Babes.

 Best of 2003 (Editors) and Best of 2003 (Customers) from Amazon.com

 

MUSIC:

 The 15 Best Songs of the Year from Entertainment Weekly

 The 10 Best Albums of the Year from Entertainment Weekly

 The 5 Worst of the Year from Entertainment Weekly

 Best and Worst of 2003 from Time

 50 Best Albums of 2003 from Rolling Stone.

 Top 50 Albums of 2003 from Pitchfork.com.

 Top 50 Singles of 2003 from Pitchfork.com.

 Best Albums of 2003 from The Onion.

 Least Essential Albums of 2003 from The Onion.

 Albums of 2003 from The Guardian.

 Best DVDs of the Year from Entertainment Weekly

 Year's Best Music DVDs from The Guardian.

 The Very Best Albums of 2003 from City Pages (Melissa Maerz).

 Top 10 Albums from City Pages Music Critics.

 Top Ten: The Yeaer In Music from Baltimore's City Paper.

 Best of 2003 (Editors) and Best of 2003 (Customers) from Amazon.com

 Albums Of 2003 from Mojo.

 Best of 2003 from Art Forum.

 Best Reviewed Albums of 2003 from MetaCritic.

 50 Best Albums of 2003 from NME.

 Best of 2003 from Blender.

 Best of 2003 from Spin.

 Top 50 2003 from Q.

 Best Pop from Denver Post.

 Best Country from Denver Post.

 Best Jazz from Denver Post.

 Best Classical CD's of 2003 from New York Times.

 Best Classical from Denver Post.

 Top 10 Albums of 2003 from The Morning News.

 Best Music of 2003 from Pop Matters.

 Top Eleven Indie Albums from Largehearted Boy.

 Year in Music News from Pitchfork.com.

 Best of 2003 from FreeWilliamsburg.

 Top 20 Albums of 2003 from Canned Magazine.

 2003 Review from TheMilkFactory.

 The Shit List from PlayLouder.

 Top 100 of 2003 from Rough Trade.

 Consumer Guide 2003 from Robert Christgau.

 Top 100 DJs 2003 from DJ Mag.

 Best New Music from Pitchfork.

 Year In Review from DrownedInSound.com.

 Year In Review from DrownedInSound.com.

 Favorite 20 Singles from 2003 from Stylus.

 Best Music of 2003 from Travelers Diagram.

 Classical CDs of the Year from The Economist.

 Best Country Albums of 2003 from CMT.

 Best Country Singles of 2003 from CMT.

 Top MTV and MTV2 Moments from MTV.com

 MTV Top 10s from MTV.com

 Big In '03 from VH1

 Favorite Antipop CDs of 2003 from San Francisco Chronicle.

 Grammy Nominations.

 

FILM:

 The 10 Best Movies of 2003 from Entertainment Weekly

 The 5 Worst Movies of 2003 from Entertainment Weekly

 Best And Worst of 2003 from Time

 The Year In Film from The Guardian.

 Top Ten Films from Newsweek.

 Top Five Documentaries from Newsweek.

 Best of 2003 from Rolling Stone (Peter Travers).

 Best of 2003 from Art Forum.

 High Scores of the Year from MetaCritic.

 The Best of 2003 from Movie City News.

 The Year of the Navel from Movie City News.

 Best and Worst of 2003 from Slant Magazine

 2003 Critics Awards from New York Film Critics Circle

 AFI Top 10 from American Film Institute

 Best Films of 2003 from National Board of Review

 Foreign Film Survey from Indie Wire

 Breakthroughs of the Year from Indie Wire

 Film Awards For 2003 from Boston Film Critics

 Most Frigid People in Hollywood in 2003 from Film Threat

 Best of 2003 from Indiana Statesman

 Best of 2003 from Indiana Statesman

 Top 10 Worst Movies of 2003 from worldfilm.about.com

 Canada's Top 10 Films from Canoe.ca

 Best DVDs of 2003 (Editors) and Best DVDs of 2003 (Customers) from Amazon.com

 European Film Awards.

 Golden Globe Nominations.

 

TELEVISION:

 The 10 Best of 2003 from Entertainment Weekly

 The 5 Worst of 2003 from Entertainment Weekly

 Best Nine Things in Reality TV from Reality Blurred

 Best and Worst of 2003 from Time

 Top MTV and MTV2 Moments from MTV.com

 10 of the Season's Worst Ideas from USA Today

 The Top 10 Moments from Minneapolis Star-Tribune

 AFI Top 10 from American Film Institute

 

PEOPLE:

 2003 Entertainers of the Year from Entertainment Weekly

 Person of the Year from Time.

 100 People of 2003 from USA Today's Pop Candy.

 The Year Celebrities Went Bad from CNN.com.

 New York Awards 2003 from New York Magazine.

 100 Sexiest Women of 2003 from FHM.

 

ARCHITECTURE:

 Year in Architecture from The Guardian

 New York Awards from New York Magazine

 

GAMES:

 Editor's Favorites 2003 from IGN.com

 Gaming 2003: 30 Ways To Love Your Lever from SPIN

 Games of the Year from Games magazine

 Top 10 Video Games from Time

 Top Gaming Titles of 2003 from CNN.com

 The Best and Worst of 2003 from The Age

 

PHOTGRAPHS:

 The Year In Pictures from MSNBC.com

 Year In Pictures from Associated Press

 

SPORTS:

 Best and Worst of 2003 from Time

 The Year In Sports from Sports Illustrated.

 Top 10 Marathons from Runner's World.

 NASCAR's 17 Best and Worst Noments of 2003 from Sporting News.

 Boxing: The Best Of The Year from East Side Boxing.

 

EDUCATION:

 America's Best Colleges from US News.

 

THEATER:

 The 10 Best from Entertainment Weekly

 The 5 Worst from Entertainment Weekly

 Best and Worst of 2003 from Time

 New York Awards from New York Magazine

 The Best Theater from Denver Post

 

HEALTH:

 America's Best Hospitals from US News.

 

BUSINESS:

 Top 10 Stories from CNN Money.

 Biggest Losers from CNN Money.

 Global Influentials from CNN.com.

 100 Best Companies to Work For 2003 from Fortune.

 Best Stocks of 2003 from The Motley Fool.

 2003's Biggest Losers from CNN Money.

 2003 Marketing Awards from Folio.

 The Year in Review from Chicago Business.

 Top 10 Multinational Companies from Far Eastern Economic Review.

 

STYLE:

 The Ten Best from Entertainment Weekly

 Best and Worst Fashion of 2003 from Time

 Fashionistas & Flops of 2003 from Entertainment Tonight.

 Best of 2003 from InStyle (subscription).

 New York Awards from New York Magazine

 

ADVERTISING / MARKETING:

 Top Brands As Mentioned In Billboard Songs from America Bandstand.

 Over-the-Top Ad Campaigns from CNN Money.

 The Best and Worst Ads of 2003 from Wall Street Journal (subscription).

 Top 50 Brand Success Stories from Ad Age (subscription).

 The Buzz Year in Review from Calgary Herald.

 

AUTOMOTIVE:

 Car of the Year from Motor Trend.

 Ten Best Car Designers 2003 from Forbes.

 Greenest Vehicles of 2003 from GreenerCars.com.

 Best Cars from CNN Money.

 

POLITICS:

 Twenty Most Annoying Conservatives of 2003 from Pandagon.net.

 New York Awards from New York Magazine

 The Best of Notable Quotables from Media Research Center

 

BEER / WINE:

 2003 Great American Beer Festival Winners List from BeerTown.

 Top 10 Wines of 2003 from Wine Spectator.

 Top 100 Wines of 2003 from SF Gate.

 

OTHER:

 The Best Comics of 2003 from Time.

 World's Best Airports from AirlineQuality.

 Big in '03 from VH1.

 The Year In Ideas from New York Times Magazine.