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IPC MEDIA SCOOPS TRIUMVIRATE OF AWARDS AT THE DIGITAL OSCARS!
October 2, 2008
IPC Media scooped three awards at last night's digital Oscars, the Association of Online Publishers Awards more than any other consumer media business and against fierce competition from fellow finalists including BSkyB, the FT, Guardian News & Media and New Group Newspapers.
Now in their seventh year, the AOP Awards showcase the very best in digital media and IPC Media took top honours in three key categories:
The Women's Space study from The Origin Panel IPC Insight's rolling research study of UK women took the Research & Insights Project of the Year prize. Commenting on the victory, IPC Advertising managing director Caroline McDevitt says: This is massive recognition for IPC in terms of insight and also the importance of its brands online.
The WKD Nuts Football Awards claimed the prize for Cross-Media Project of the Year. Nuts publisher Clair Porteous says: Nuts and WKD were a perfect brand fit for the Football Awards activity. And it's a pleasure to be able to say that this success rewards a true team effort and an online performance which sees www.nuts.co.uk up 121% year on year to 1.4 million unique users each month.
Meanwhile an AOP trophy was only one half of NME.COM's awards night success. As well as winning the AOP Consumer Editorial Team of the Year award, the internationally renowned website also scooped the Best Music Magazine prize at the BT Digital Music Awards the UK's only awards dedicated to the very best in digital music technology. The victory marks the third year in the row NME.COM has taken the award. Commenting on the double victory, NME publishing director Paul Cheal said: To win two such prestigious awards on the same evening against such high calibre opposition is just reward for having doubled our unique users over the past 12 months. And this is made possible by all of the hard work put in both by the NME editorial and IPC Ignite digital teams.
IPC digital director Neil Robinson adds: The AOP Awards are the Oscars for digital publishing in the UK and this achievement is testament to the focus we have all been placing on web publishing.
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Editors' Notes
About IPC Media
IPC Media is one of the leading consumer magazine publishers in the UK. Its five publishing divisions are: IPC Southbank, IPC TX, IPC Ignite, IPC Connect and IPC Inspire. IPC is wholly owned by Time Warner, one of the world's largest media groups.
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