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May 4, 2006updated 22 Nov 2022 7:11pm

PPA awards triumphs for Hudson, Nicholson and Smith

By Press Gazette

There were big wins for a trio of the magazine industry’s most influential and respected women editors at last night’s PPA awards.

Lindsay Nicholson’s Good Housekeeping took the prize for consumer magazine of the year; Susy Smith’s Country Living was consumer lifestyle magazine of the year and the Radio Times’s Gill Hudson was crowned consumer editor of the year.

Hudson, described as an “inspired and inspiring editor”, has transformed a national institution into a ground-breaking, compelling and easy-to-use title, while increasing sales and readership, the judges said.

Nicholson’s Good Housekeeping “sustained quality and growth in the face of competition due to its bravery, integrity and heritage” and is still evolving to fit its audience. Nicholson, now editorial director at NatMags, recently handed over the reins to Louise Chunn. Smith’s Country Living, meanwhile, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2005 and built on its reputation as a campaigning title with its tenth consecutive period-on-period ABC sales growth.

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Consumer magazine of the year: Good Housekeeping

Weekly business magazine of the year: Farmers Weekly

Monthly business magazine of the year: Chemistry World

Customer magazine of the year: Waitrose Food Illustrated

Consumer specialist magazine of the year: Kerrang!

Consumer lifestyle: magazine of the year: Country Living

Interactive consumer magazine of the year: Newscientist.com

Interactive business magazine of the year: personneltoday.com

International consumer magazine of the year: T3

International business magazine of the year: Strategic Risk

Consumer publisher of the year: Adam Wadell, Top Gear

Business publisher of the year: Debra Doran, Mobile

Consumer editor of the year: Radio Times

Business editor of the year: Isabel Allen, The Architects’ Journal

Consumer writer of the year: Alex Bilmes, GQ

Business writer of the year: Charles Orton-Jones, Real Business

Consumer designer of the year: Suzanne Sykes, Grazia

Business designer of the year: Sarah Douglas, The Architects’ Journal

Small publisher of the year: Debra Doran, Mobile

Editorial campaign of the year: Yachting Monthly

Specialist writer of the year: Julian Keeling, Esquire

Business columnist of the year: Phil Peverley, Pulse

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