Anthony Utama/Getty Images33 different businesses and independent journalists entered the 2010 Magazine Awards, with published work from 65 different titles. You can read all about the serious stuff here. But what fun are awards if you can’t laugh at the expense of your colleagues and competitors? Herewith, the StopPress Alternative Magazine awards for 2010.
There is so much that could be written about last night’s Magazine Publisher’s Association gong-fest, but StopPress has a headache, so instead let’s just say that Healthy Food Guide took out the Supreme Magazine award, NZ House & Garden’s Kate Coughlan took out Supreme Editor of the year and Paula Ryan, resplendent in an impractical yet presumably highly fashionable ensemble, was handed the Lifetime Achievement Award.
The 36 Australasian judges have spoken. And what they’ve said relates to the Magazine Publishers Association (MPA) Magazine Awards and, particularly, the finalists.
If the increased numbers of entries for the 2010 Magazine Awards are anything to go by, the fog appears to be lifting and local magazine publishers are keen to back themselves in an increasingly confident publishing environment.
Mergers, cabs ‘n’ advertising, promotions and new awards –just another week in the land of communications news then. Here’s your round-up.
Comedian and writer Raybon Kan, who has recently returned to Kiwi shores after a stint in London, is set to dazzle the magazine industry with witty quips in his role as MC at this year’s Magazine Awards.
The Magazine Publishers Association is calling – nay, yelling – for entries to the revamped 2010 Magazine Awards. It’s a chance to win recognition for yourself, your title and your team (and, if you win, to shamelessly dance on the tables).
Fun was had by all at the Magazine Publishers Association inaugural Christmas debate last week, with the pro-paper proponents claiming a famous victory over their digital counterparts.
Are print magazines doomed? Or do the digiterati need to get off their high horse and accept that good old tactile paper is here to stay?