Winner: CNNMoney.com
Leveraging the online and on-air CNN brand along with the venerable Money and Fortune magazine brands, this much-enhanced channel in the CNN family of sites has become a Web-based video service unto itself in the past year. The CNNMoney visitor is met with video at every turn and can grab both glancing updates of breaking news as well as in-depth coverage of topics in 29 original series during a programming day that includes over 30 updates.
When visitors hit CNNMoney, video is fully integrated with the news experience. The most recent segments are available beside the headlines and often auto-start, which makes the home page a multimedia presentation. CNNMoney has succeeded where many other brands have failed in making Web video into watchable franchises. “Ask the Experts” and “Strategy Sessions” are reliable and digestible dives into the most important issues facing business and investors. Paul LaMonica’s “The Buzz” cuts through the conventional wisdom to offer real insights and quick takes on the latest news that are sharp rather than shallow. All of the CNNMoney clips are well-edited and complete, self-contained items.
The integrity of the Money and Fortune magazine branding is maintained in clips that focus, respectively, on personal pocketbooks and the broader markets, so that both print brands clearly bring unique perspective and voice to the mix. In short order, CNNMoney has built its own business news channel on the Web.
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Honorable Mention
Entertainment Weekly – Totally Lost: EW’s Totally Lost series was a clever and insightful video take on the popular (if confusing) series, and in a unique partnership with YouTube this year the show appeared as featured video content for a day.
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