Top new media developments of 2010

Another year over and another smattering of predictions of new media developments in 2010; some made tentatively – knowing the pitfalls of trying to guess future trends; others made largely on what we can see happening already.

Media moguls wait patiently for the days when they can begin cataloguing 2010 moments, and predict the next big thing of 2011. It’s their right to do so – they’ve seen the industry change rapidly over the last few years and no doubt some hope to be on the money with their foresight.

But before we go on to take a stab and how the media landscape will look at the end of 2011, many of us have been dozily wallowing through the months that were 2010 – analysing the top media moments and smugly reminiscing on new media breakthroughs.

In 2008 I wrote on my addiction to end of year top ten lists. Here’s my top ten of the top ten 2010 reviews: