By Alyson Fixter
Celeb weekly Closer, Haymarket’s Marketing and William Reed’s Food
Manufacture have taken top honours in the annual Periodical
Publishers’ Association Magazine Awards.
The consumer editor of the year was Conor McNicholas for IPC’s NME,
and Business and professional magazine editor of the year was John
Welsh of Travel Trade Gazette.
Emap’s Closer was named the winner
in the consumer magazine of the year category for its success in moving
into profit in less than two years and for “breaking scoops, a modern
and fresh look, cheerful outlook and redefinition of the women’s
weeklies market”.
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It was a good night for Emap all round. Mark
Elliot was named consumer publisher of the year, Trail won consumer
specialist magazine of the year, Motorcycle News was interactive
consumer magazine of the year, FHM won international consumer magazine
of the year and Andy Thomas of Car magazine won consumer designer of
the year.
In the business and professional sector, Media Week’s Dave McCullough won designer of the year for his work on its relaunch.
PPA AWARDS
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THE WINNERS
Consumer magazine of the year
Closer, Emap Entertainment
Weekly business and professional magazine of the year
Marketing, Haymarket Business
Monthly business and professional magazine of the year
Food Manufacture, William Reed
Customer magazine of the year
Sainsbury’s Magazine, New Crane
Consumer specialist magazine of the year
Trail, Emap Active
Consumer lifestyle magazine of the year
Condé Nast Traveller, Condé Nast Publications
Interactive consumer magazine of the year
Motorcycle News, Emap Automotive
Interactive business and professional magazine of the year
IFA online, Incisive Media
International consumer magazine of the year
FHM, Emap
Business and professional magazine of the year
Risk, Incisive Media
Publisher of the year (Consumer magazines)
Mark Elliot, Empire, Emap East
Publisher of the Year (Business and professional magazines)
David Goulthorpe, The Publican, Quantum Business Media
Editor of the year (Consumer magazines)
Conor McNicholas, NME, IPC Ignite!
Editor of the year (Business and professional magazines)
John Welsh, Travel Trade Gazette, CMP
Information Writer of the year (Consumer magazines)
AA Gill, GQ, Condé Nast Publications
Writer of the year (Business and professional magazines)
Tom Berry, financial director, VNU Business Publications
Designer of the year (Consumer magazines)
Andy Thomas, Car, Emap Automotive
Designer of the year (Business and professional magazines)
Dave McCullough, Media Week, Quantum Business Media
Publisher of the year (companies with fewer than 50 employees)
Debra Doran, Mobile, Noble House Media
Editorial Campaign of the Year
Shaking up Government IT, Computer Weekly, Reed Business Information
Specialist writer of the year (Consumer magazines)
Andrew Jefford, Waitrose Food Illustrated John Brown Citrus Publishing
Columnist of the year (Business and professional magazines)
Dr Liam Farrell, GP, Haymarket Business
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