Doug Lowenstein is GameDaily Person of the Year
It should be no surprise that GameDaily.biz announced their Person of the Year is none other than Doug Lowenstein, outgoing president of the Electronic Software Association. GameDaily says they were going to name him their top person even before he announced his resignation earlier this week. Either way, it's perfect timing and an honorable send-off to a very important man behind the scenes of the industry.
Lowenstein has been part of the ESA since 1994, when it was known as the Interactive Digital Software Association. He was the guy looking out for the interests of the game industry and the one steering the general message of what the game industry is all about. During his time the industry grew from $3 billion to an expected $12 billion by year end 2006. He's also been the point person in speaking to the media about the industry as a whole and has weathered legislation, lawsuits, canceling E3 and every other "incident" that befell the industry over the last decade. We can only hope that Lowenstein's replacement is as refined and stalwart as their predecessor.
