Best of the Web Awards

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Winners and Honorable Mentions




2008

 DIGITAL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

  • Fran Hauser, People Group Digital
  • Jason Kint, CBS Interactive, GM CBSSports.com
  • Caroline Little, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
  • Jamie Pallot, CondéNet
  • Stephen Saunders, TechWeb

Advertiser Program

    Vogue Magazine for ShopVogue.TV

    Automotive News/J.D. Byrider Open House Sponsorship

    Flip.com for The Nike Team Challenge - A Trip of a Lifetime

    PC Magazine for 24 Hours with the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet

    Slate Magazine / Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive for Fix the Fray, Sponsored by Cisco

    The Knot Inc. for Estee Lauder 'Beautiful' Campaign

Blog/s and/or Videologs

    Foreign Policy for Passport, a Blog by the Editors of Foreign Policy

    Bravo Media – Bravo TV Blogs

    EW.com for PopWatch Blog

    New York Media for nymag.com's Vulture

    PC Magazine for GoodCleanTech.com

    Variety – Scribe Blog

Community/Social Networking

    Penton Media, Inc. for Reel-Exchange.com

    TV Guide Online

    BusinessWeek for B-School Channel/Phil Mintz and team

    CondéNet for Community Features on Epicurious.com

    CondéNet for Flip.com

Design

    Penton Media, Inc. for Reel-Exchange.com

    Condé Nast Publications for Portfolio.com

    eldr.com

    Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. for ELLE.com

    Hanley Wood Business Media for ARCHITECT Online

    Jobson Medical Information LLC for VisionMonday.com

    The Magazine Group for CDW’s BizTech

E-commerce/Merchandizing

    Wired Media Conde Nast for The WIRED Store Interactive Website

    Instyle.com for In Style Shopping

    Meredith New Media for eCRM Email Strategy

Email Newsletter/s

    Instyle.com for Newsletters

    Penton Media for Broadcast Engineering's E-Newsletter Family

    EW.com for What to Watch Newsletter

    IEEE Spectrum Online for Spectrum Tech Alert

    Jobson Medical Information LLC for VMail Extra

    New York Media for nymag.com's Agenda

Integration with Print

    Newsweek for "Voices of the Fallen"

    New York Media for New York magazine and nymag.com's Web Video Package

    Parade.com for What People Earn

    Popular Science for PPX, the PopSci Predictions Exchange

    Wired Media Conde Nast for Xerox Custom Cover Project

    Women's Health Magazine for 100 Best Packaged Foods for Women

Marketing Campaign

    Everything Channel for Channelweb Launch

    The Knot Inc. for The Nest Marriage Invader Game

    CSTV, Sirius, All-State, Coca-Cola for GameTracker

    Jobson Medical Information LLC for VisionMonday.com Ad Campaign

    Unilever for ViveMejor.com Hispanic Platform

Microsite/Custom Website

    Rodale for Nissan: Master the Shift

    New Equipment Digest for Industrial Product Demos.com

    Popular Science - PPX, the PopSci Predictions Exchange

Mobile Application

    Instyle.com for In Style Mobile

    Quattro Wireless for Playboy

    TheStreet.com

New Site

    Hearst Digital Media for The DailyGreen.com

    Down East: Maine at its Best for Down East.com

    Meredith Corporation for TravelMeredith.com

    SmartMoney for smSmallBiz.com

Podcast or Vodcast

    NewYorker.com for New Yorker Fiction Podcast

    1UP Network for The 1Up Show

    BusinessWeek for The Business Week podcast series/ Jim Ellis

    Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. for ELLE.com

    Meredith Corporation for Parents Magazine Podcast

Premium site

    Institutional Investor News for Total Securitization

    Meredith New Media for Decorating Inspiration

    Penton Media for WardsAuto.com

    TheStreet.com for Real Money Silver

Redesign/Relaunch

    Meredith Interactive for BHG.com

    Penton Media for Remix Hotel Site Integration

    CondéNet for Epicurious.com

    domino magazine for dominomag.com site relaunch

    Dwell.com

    Entertainment Weekly for EW.com Site Redesign

    Everything Channel for Channelweb Redesign/Relaunch

    Hearst Digital Media for Esquire.com Relaunch

    MSP TechMedia for ibmsystemsmag.com

    NewYorker.com

Special Online Coverage

    Bicycling Magazine for Online Coverage of the Tour de France

    BusinessWeek for Credit Cards on Campus/Jessica Silver-Greenberg

    EW.com for "American Idol" Special Coverage

    PC Magazine for 2007 CES Coverage

    Penton Media for WardsAuto.com

    The Knot Inc. for BridesDecide.com a political niche site

Uses of Interactivity

    Condé Nast Publications - Portfolio.com

    CondéNet for Flip.com

    MRM Worldwide for Intel: Consumer Chips Campaign

    Runner's World Magazine for Online Training Log

    SíTV.com for Verizon Wireless: Beonvcast.com

    YogaJournal.com Sequence Builder

Video: Magazine-Branded Show

    People.com for What You Missed Over the Weekend

    Cosmopolitan.com for Cosmo Celebrity TV

    domino magazine for The Adventuress Video Series

    Newsweek for "The Runthrough" with Jon Meacham

    The Knot Inc. for Fashion Report

Video: Overall use of video on site

    Hanley Wood Business Media for Hanley Wood's BuildTV

    SmartMoney for SmartMoney TV

    CondéNet for Epicurious.com

    MensHealth.com for Men’s Health TV

    MRM Worldwide for Intel: Hard Meets Soft

    PC World Communications

Virtual Tradeshow

    Everything Channel for Channel eVent - Selling to the Mid-Market

    PC Magazine for PCMagCast Mobility Technology Online Expo

WINNERS:

Online Editor

David Morrow, TheStreet.com
Cynthia Wisehart, Penton Media

Sales Producer/online

Christine deMaio, CondéNet

Web Designer

Scher Foord , People.com

2007

 
Digital Hall of Fame
 
  • Chris Anderson, Editor, Wired
  • Ned Desmond, Executive Editor, Time Inc. Interactive
  • Mike Rogers, General Manager, New York Times
  • Steve Weitzner, President & CEO, CMP Technology Digital Initiatives

Top Digital Media People Categories

Editor of Website
Winner Jacob Weisberg, Editor, Slate Magazine Audio Icon
Winner Paul Maidment, Editor, Forbes.com Audio Icon
Honorable Mention David Morrow, Editor in Chief, TheStreet.com
Honorable Mention Ray Hennessey, Editor, SmartMoney.com
   
 
Publisher/Content
Winner Vivek Shah, President of Digital Publishing, The Time Inc. Business & Finance Network Audio Icon
Honorable Mention Virginia Hines, VP/General Manager, InfoWorld.com
   
 
Publisher/Sales
Winner Bill Shaw, Publisher, SmartMoney.com Audio Icon
Honorable Mention Cliff Sloan, Publisher, Slate Magazine
   
 
Sales Producer/Online
Winner Jock A. Agorastos, Online Account Manager, nymag.com Audio Icon
Honorable Mention Greg Schwartz, Vice President of Advertising Sales, CNNMoney.com
   
 
Web Designer
Winner Dmitry Paperny, Design Director, InStyle.com Audio Icon
   
 
Campaign Categories
Advertiser Program
Winner Hanley Wood LLC - ebuild.com Audio Icon
Winner The Knot Inc.- Swiffer Wet Jet Program/The Nest Audio Icon
Honorable Mention CNNMoney.com - "Chrysler & FORTUNE Battle of the Corporate Bands" Program
Honorable Mention domino Magazine - domino Home Register/Beth Brenner
Honorable Mention Newsweek.com - "The Boomer Files"
   
   
 
Blog/s and or/videologs
Winner DDI Magazine - RetailDesignDiva.com Audio Icon
Winner nymag.com - Grub Street Audio Icon
Honorable Mention Foreign Policy - Foreign Policy's Passport
Honorable Mention InfoWorld.com - Gripeline
Honorable Mention Jane Magazine- janemag.com
Honorable Mention Newsweek.com/washingtonpost.com - "On Faith"
Honorable Mention PC World - Techlog
Honorable Mention The Parenting Group - Parenting.com Blog: The Parenting Post
   
 
Community/Social Networking
Winner Sporting News - SportingNews.com Audio Icon
Honorable Mention Businessweek.com
Honorable Mention Condé Net - Epicurious.com
Honorable Mention Prevention Magazine - Prevention.com Walking Central
Honorable Mention Smart + Strong - poz.com
   
 
Companion Site
Winner Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. - ELLE.com Audio Icon
Winner The Hollywood Reporter, ESQ Audio Icon
Honorable Mention Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel - BudgetTravelOnline.com
Honorable Mention SELF Magazine - Self.com
Honorable Mention Professional Trade Publications - Concrete Decor Magazine (concretedecor.net)
Honorable Mention Make magazine - Makezine.com
Honorable Mention Walt Disney Internet Group - FamilyFun.com
   
 
Design
Winner Condé Net - Men.style.com - The Online Home of GQ & Details Audio Icon
Honorable Mention InStyle.com
Honorable Mention Slate Magazine
   
 
E-Mail Newsletter/s
Winner Broadcast Engineering - Broadcastengineering's E-Newsletter Family Audio Icon
Winner AmericanBaby.com - Ages & Stages E-Mail Newsletter Audio Icon
Honorable Mention Hanley Wood LLC - Big Builder Newslink
Honorable Mention Rodale Inc. - E-Mail Newsletters/ MensHealth.com
Honorable Mention Spafax Canada - Air Canada's OnAir
Honorable Mention Walt Disney Internet Group - FamilyFun.com
   
 
Integration with Print
Winner People Magazine - People Sexiest Man Alive Audio Icon
Winner Nielsen - Contract Connected Audio Icon
Honorable Mention BusinessWeek - Advertising Age's 2006 coverage of Advertising Week in NY
Honorable Mention Out  - The Out100
Honorable Mention SI.com
Honorable Mention Woman's Day Magazine and Unilever - 3-2-1 Countdown to the Holidays
   
 
Microsite/Customized Website
Winner Computerworld.com Audio Icon
Winner SELF Magazine- SELF Challenge Audio Icon
Honorable Mention Condé Net - Sears Kenmore: Get Cooking at Home
Honorable Mention Rodale Interactive - American Express "Get the Inside Track"
   
 
Mobile Application
Winner Condé Net - Epicurious.com Audio Icon
Honorable Mention InStyle.com - Mobile Application
Honorable Mention THE WEEK - Mobile Content Program brought to readers by Microsoft Mobile
   
 
Podcast or Videocast
Winner Slate Magazine Audio Icon
Honorable Mention Allure - Allure Backstage
Honorable Mention Newsweek.com - Newsweek On Air
Honorable Mention Rodale Inc. - Runner's Magazine For Runner'sworld.com
Honorable Mention The 1UP Network - The 1UP Show
   
 
Premium Site
Winner Penton Media, Inc.- WardsAuto.com Audio Icon
Honorable Mention The Chronicle of Higher Education
   
 
Redesign/Relaunch
Winner Broadcast Engineering - Broadcastengineering.com Redesign Audio Icon
Winner TV Guide - TVGuide.com Audio Icon
Honorable Mention CNNMoney.com - 2006 CNNMoney.com Relaunch
Honorable Mention Managing Automation - ManagingAutomation.com
Honorable Mention nymag.com - 2006 Relaunch of nymag.com
Honorable Mention Redbook - Redbookmag.com
Honorable Mention The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. - Kiplinger.com
   
 
Special Online Coverage
Winner Computerworld.com Audio Icon
Winner Newsweek.com - "War Stories" Audio Icon
Honorable Mention Bicycling Magazine, Rodale Inc. - Bicycling.com Special Online Coverage of Floyd Landis
Honorable Mention Businessweek.com
Honorable Mention Penton Media, Inc. - WardsAuto.com      
   
 
Uses of Interactivity
Winner Rodale Inc. - Backpacker's Trail Network Audio Icon
Honorable Mention Location Scout - AARP The Magazine Online
Honorable Mention American Media, Inc. - FusionForFitness.com
Honorable Mention Condé Net - Concierge.com
Honorable Mention Sporting News - SportingNews.com

2006

Ad Presentation

winner Epicurious.com

winner CMP Media’s TechWeb for Dogear Peelback

honorable mention Hanley Wood e-Media for eBuild

honorable mention Style.com

Blogs

winner BusinessWeek Online for BusinessWeek Online Blogs

winner PC World Communications for PC World's Techlog

honorable mention Slate Magazine

Companion Site

winner Self.com

winner Reed Business Information for Criticas Magazine Online

honorable mention Arthur Frommers Budget Travel for Budget Travel Online

honorable mention Vanity Fair

Design

winner Meetings Media for MeetingsFocus.com

winner Real Simple/Time Interactive Inc.

honorable mention Brides.com Online and Local Print for Brides.com

honorable mention Reed Business Information for PW Comics Week

Editorial Excellence

winner People.com

winner WardsAuto.com/Prism Business Media

honorable mention BusinessWeek Online for BusinessWeek Online Editorial

honorable mention Newsweek.com

honorable mention Slate Magazine

honorable mention Variety.com

E-Mail Newsletter

winner TheStreet.com for TheStreet.com Options Alerts

winner Broadcast Engineering for Broadcast Engineering's E-Newsletter Family

honorable mention Hanley Wood e-Media for Big Builder NewsLink

honorable mention MensHealth.com for Men's Health E-Newsletters

Integration with Print

winner MensHealth.com for Abs Diet Challenge

winner Successful Farming/Agriculture Online for Stopsoybeanrust.com

honorable mention Application Development Trends for The Lunch Break Series

honorable mention SouthernLiving.com for Southern Living

honorable mention Time Inc. for InStyle.com

Online Community

winner Parents.com

winner BusinessWeek Online for B-Schools Channel

honorable mention Sporting News for SportingNews.com

honorable mention Reed Business Information for Wireless Week

honorable mention The staff of Cooking Light for CookingLight.com

Microsite/Customized Website

winner Bicycling Magazine for Bicycling.com/Tour de France

winner VNU/Contract for Contract – Network

honorable mention American Express Publishing for travelandleisure.com: Texas Tourism Microsite

honorable mention Self.com

honorable mention Successful Farming/Agriculture Online for Farmers for the Future

Premium Site

winner ConsumerReports.org

winner Variety.com

honorable mention SmartMoney.com for SmartMoney Select

honorable mention Southern Accents Magazine for SouthernAccents.com

honorable mention The Chronicle of Higher Education

honorable mention WardsAuto.com/Prism Business Media

Redesign/Relaunch

winner Time Inc. for InStyle.com

winner Fairchild Internet for WWD.com

honorable mention Health.com for Health magazine

honorable mention themechanism for Giant Magazine/giantmag.com redesign

Special Online Coverage

winner Newsweek.com for Gulf Hurricanes

winner The Chronicle of Higher Education

honorable mention Style.com

honorable mention Suzanne Freeman for Scholastic News Online

Uses of Interactivity

winner Sporting News for SportingNews.com

winner Reed Business Information for Control Engineering's Siemens Wheel of HMI Fortune

honorable mention Reed Business Information for Reed Life Science Group Educational Webcase Series

Website Marketing

winner Epicurious.com – CondéNet

winner CMP Media’s TechWeb for The Best Independent Tech Blog Awards

honorable mention Newsweek.com for Blog Roundup

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