min’s Best of the Web Awards Breakfast on April 28, 2010 recognized outstanding Web sites and digital initiatives among consumer and b2b magazines. min also saluted the Digital Media People of the year along with the Digital Hall of Fame. At this must-attend industry event, winners and honorable mentions were honored for leading the way in the digital arena over the past year.

At the breakfast, min also honored the Most Engaged Media Brands of the Year. These magazines have succeeded in following their partner/readers onto a range of new media paths, always faithful, always attentive, always engaged. The In-Box Awards Winners were also honored at the breakfast. The In-Box Awards winners celebrate singular achievements in email publishing, the content providers that are advancing the form and individual email innovators.

Congratulations to all the finalists!

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In-Box Awards Winners

Most Engaged Brands

Min BOW Awards Winners & Honorable Mentions

Digital Hall of Fame Inductees 2010

• Bob Carrigan, CEO, IDG
• Chuck Cordray, SVP/GM, Hearst Magazines Digital Media
• Mark Golin, Editor, PEOPLE Digital
• Paul Maidment, Editor, Forbes Media
• Tanya Wenman Steel, Editor-in-Chief, Epicurious.com
• Lauren Wiener, SVP, Meredith Interactive

Content Strategist of the Year

• Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Editor-in-Chief, Parenting.com

Digital Teams of the Year

• Glamour.com
• Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

Tweeter of the Year

• Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia - Martha Stewart

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Ad Program / Partnership

• NY Media - NYMAG.com Partnership with HSBC's "Values Soapbox" Campaign
• TechWeb's Internet Evolution/IBM Partnership
• Alpha Media Group - Hometown Hotties
• Condé Nast Digital - Mercedes-Benz "Live Well Dashboard"
• Yahoo! Inc. - The Thread 

Blogs

• Wired.com - Threat Level Blog 
• Entertainment Weekly - PopWatch
• RealSimple.com - Kristin van Ogtrop's Adventures in Chaos
• TechWeb - Five Great Myths of Social Networking
• USANA Health Sciences, Inc. - What's Up USANA

Community/Social Networking

• Yahoo! Shine 
• Epicurious.com/Condé Nast Digital - Community Features on Epicurious.com
• MensHealth.com - Belly Off! Club
• TechWeb - Internet Evolution
• Wired.com - How-To Wiki

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Contests/Online Games

• PEOPLE/Time Inc. - "Bunches of Cash Hunt"
• Arkadium - National Geographic Channel Expedition
• Brides.com - Groom of the Year
• The New Yorker - newyorker.com Cartoon Kit
• Wired.com – Gone Forever: What Does It Take to Really Disappear?
• Women’s Health - Win Today

Design

• Style.com/Conde Nast Digital - Style.com
• Epicurious.com/Condé Nast Digital - Epicurious.com
• IAC/InterActiveCorp - The Daily Beast
• PEOPLE/Time Inc. - People.com
• Saveur - Saveur.com
• Smart Meetings - Smartmeetings.com

Ecommerce/Merchandising

• Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. - Martha Stewart Shop
• PEOPLE/Time Inc. - PeopleStyleWatch.com

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Editorial Excellence

• BettyConfidential - BettyConfidential.com
• Concierge.com/Condé Nast Digital - Concierge.com Interests & Ideas Features
• IAC/InterActiveCorp - The Daily Beast
• Pace Communications - FourSeasonsMagazine.com

Email newsletter

• Garden & Gun Magazine - Talk of the South Email Newsletters
• MensHealth.com - MensHealth.com Newsletter
• The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants - 497% Growth in Click Rate With Video Screenshot Test

Integration with Print

• TechWeb - InformationWeek's Analytics Strategy
• Meredith Corporation - A Recipe for Success: Meredith and Ripple6 Stir Up Mixingbowl.com
• Rogers Publishing Limited - Microsoft Office Cover Tool

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Marketing Campaign

• Readers Digest Association – TasteofHome.com’s Spooky Slow Cooker Giveaway
• Brides.com - Groom of the Year
• Cornerstone Promotion - The Levi's/FADER Fort
• Playboy Enterprises – SoCo’s Sponsorship of Playboy's Uncovered

Microsite/Custom Website

• Newsweek Inc. - Newsweek's 20/10: The Decade In Rewind 
• American Express - The OPEN Forum Website - OPENForum.com
• Playboy Enterprises Inc. - AMC Mad Men
• The Knot Inc for Elizabeth Arden - Elizabeth Arden "My Inner Bride" 
• World Wrestling Entertainment - SummerSlam 
• Ziff Davis Enterprises Inc. - Smarter Technology

Mobile Application

• Concierge.com/Condé Nast – Postcard by Concierge.com iPhone App/Concierge.com
• Allrecipes.com - Allrecipes Dinner spinner
• MensHealth.com - Eat This Not That
• Parade/Parade.com - Marilyn vos Savant's Numbrix 
• The Knot Inc. for Secrets Resorts & Spas - "Wedding 911" iPhone App

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Mobile Strategy

• Time Magazine - TIME.com Mobile
• Epicurious.com/Condé Nast Digital 
• Handmark, Inc. - Forbes.com Mobile Reader
• PEOPLE/Time Inc. - People Goes Mobile

New Site

• IAC/InterActiveCorp - The Daily Beast
• Meredith Corporation - Recipe.com
• Financial Times - Howtospendit.com
• MSP Communications - deltaskymag.com 
• Pace Communications - FourSeasonsMagazine.com
• PEOPLE/Time Inc. - PEOPLE Finds New Niche with PEOPLE Pets
• The Atlantic - The AtlanticWire

Online Exclusive Coverage

• AARP – AARP Presents The Stonewall Riots: 40 Years Later, A Milestone Anniversary 
• Bicycling.com - Bicycling.com's 2009 Tour de France coverage 
• Sports Illustrated – "Sources tell SI Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003"

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Podcast/Videocast

• Financial Times - Lehman Anniversary Special
• TechWeb - IE Radio/IETV
• The New Yorker - newyorker.com - The New Yorker Out Loud

Premium Site

• MensHealth.com - MensHealth.com Personal Trainer 
• Penton Media - WardsAuto.com

Redesign/Relaunch

• RealSimple.com - RealSimple.com 
• Billboard.com and Razorfish - Billboard.com
• OutdoorLife.com
• Guideposts.com
• Sports Illustrated - SI.com
• Taunton Press - FineCooking.com
• Time Inc. - SouthernLiving.com

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Use of Twitter

• PEOPLE/Time Inc. - PEOPLE Digital Takes Over Twitter
• Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. - Martha Stewart
• SmartMoney - SmartMoney.com: ReliveTheCrash
• Time Inc. - Health
• Wired.com

Uses of Interactivity

• InStyle.com - InStyle.com's Hollywood Makeover Cover Girl Integration
• Bicycling.com - Bicycling.com's GPS Rides and Maps
• Billboard.com and Razorfish - Billboard.com
• Entertainment Weekly - EW.com
• Wired.com - Cutthroat Capitalism: The Game
• Ziff Davis Enterprise Inc. - Smarter Technology

Video: Overall Use of Video

• TechWeb's Internet Evolution
• Wired.com
• FieldandStream.com
• Style.com/Condé Nast - Style.com
• Time Inc. - CNNMoney.com

Video: Magazine Branded Show

• Time Inc./CNNMoney - Assignment Detroit
• Allure.com - Allure Backstage: The Look Of
• Automotive News/Crain Communications – Automotive News TV
• Concierge.com - Insider Reviews video series
• Field & Stream Heroes of Conservation
• Glamour.com - 20 Outfit Ideas From America’s Most Stylish People

Virtual Trade Show

• Martha Stewart Weddings - Luxury Wedding Expo
• TechWeb - Information Week The Business Case for Windows 7
• TechWeb - Information Week 500 Virtual Event

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Winners of the In-Box Awards for 2010 for Eletter Excellence

Consumer Media Brand Eletters:
Allrecipes.com
BabyCenter
Fitness
Parenting Magazine
SELF

B2B Eletters:
GlobalSpec: Specs & Techs
IDG Enterprise – TechDispenser
EETimes.com Daily Eletter
Hong Kong Trade Development Council – Hong Kong Trader
TechWeb: Interop NY campaign

Consumer/B2B Eletters:
TMG’s CDW-G eletters
Zinio’s Daily Spotlight

Winners of the Most Engaged Media Brands for 2010

 Better Homes & Gardens
The Economist
Entertainment Weekly
Every Day with Rachael Ray
Farm Progress
IEEE Spectrum
InStyle
Internet Evolution
Martha Stewart Weddings
Moose River Media for LawnSite/PlowSite
National Geographic Kids
Parenting
People
Shape
 Sporting News
Taste of Home
Teen Vogue
 Yoga Journal