You — Yes, You — Are TIME's Person of the Year (Person Of The Year)
In 2006, the World Wide Web became a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter

Power To The People (Person Of The Year)
You control the media now, and the world will never be the same. Meet the citizens of the new digital democracy

The YouTube Gurus (Person Of The Year)
How a couple of regular guys built a company that changed the way we see ourselves

Enough About You (Person Of The Year)
We've made the media more democratic, but at what cost to our democracy?

It's All About Us (Person Of The Year)
Amateurs are filling the vacuum created by everything the old media chose to ignore

The Beast With A Billion Eyes (Person Of The Year)
On the Web, anyone with a digital camera has the power to change history

Web Boom 2.0 (Person Of The Year)
Dotcoms are hot again. But this bubble is different from the last one. Here's how

My So-Called Second Life (Person Of The Year)
I stepped into this virtual world and found a lot of sex--and a guide named Cristal

Your Web, Your Way (Person Of The Year)

The Real War (People Who Mattered 2006 / Story of the Year)
What led to so many post-9/11 fumbles? A group of intrepid authors gives us answers

An Interview with Iran's Agitator (People Who Mattered 2006 / Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)

5 Things That Went From Buzz to Bust
The message of this page is, Beware all hype. Here are five phenomena that captivated the media for a spell, then turned out to be less than huge. Our bad


The Big Quiz of 2006
Do you remember what happened this year? Here's your final exam

Milestones

Memorable Performances of 2006

The Takeaway Diet of 2006

The Teddy Awards: 2006 (In the Arena)

Numbers of the Year

Verbatim 2006

The Good and the Bad of 2006

A Year of Happy Pandamonium

The Year in Buzzwords 2006


10 Best Albums

10 Best TV Shows

10 Best Books

10 Best Sports Moments

10 Best Movies


'Tis the Season for ID Theft (Money)

How to Frame Your Digital Pix (Technology)


15 Who Had Their 15 Minutes of Fame
Look, it's not all their fault--some of them were just born--but here are the folks for whom there will almost surely never be another year like 2006


Now It's Your Turn


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Andy Was Right
The stars of Web 2.0 are descendants of Warhol. But there's not much family resemblance