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The UK Association of Online Publishers (AOP) celebrated the digital publishing industry’s top talent at its in-person awards ceremony held at Old Billingsgate in London, yesterday.
AOP’s flagship event, now in its 20th year and organized in association with headline partner, PubMatic, was hosted by comedian Sophie Duker. The event showcased the individuals, teams and companies driving the successful growth of the online publishing sector.
There were 26 category winners, judged by a panel of experts under the guidance of co-chairs, Amanda Barnes, Chief Executive of Faversham House, and Dominic Carter, Group Chief Commercial Officer of News UK.
We’re so excited to have welcomed back the Digital Publishing Awards in-person. As the media landscape continues to change rapidly, it’s important we take the time to recognise the companies going above and beyond to deliver the highest possible quality for their audience
Richard Reeves, Managing Director, AOP
In the Grand Prix category, Haymarket Business Media was named Best Digital B2B Publishing Company, whilst Independent Digital News and Media was given the Best Digital Consumer Publishing Company accolade.
The full list of winners is as follows:
INDIVIDUAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Editor of the Year
- Winner: Laurence Mozafari, Digital Spy, entered by Hearst UK
- Highly Commended: Jonathan Stapleton, Professional Pensions, entered by Incisive Media
Journalist of the Year
- Winner: Karl Flinders, Computer Weekly, entered by TechTarget
Rising Star
- Winner: Chloe Ash, entered by Hello!
- Highly Commended: Natasa Christofidou, entered by Autovia
Sales Person of the Year
- Winner: Emily Bird, entered by Immediate Media
- Highly Commended: Matt Slade, entered by Outfit7 Group
The Local Hero Award, sponsored by Google News Initiative
- Winner: Charles Thomson, Archant
- Highly Commended: Rhiannon J Davies, Greater Govanhill CIC
TEAM EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Advertising Operations Team of the Year, sponsored by Ogury
- Winner: Telegraph’s Campaign Planning and Operations Team, entered by Telegraph Media Group
Audience Development Team of the Year, sponsored by UKOM
- Winner: The Sun, entered by News UK
Editorial Team of the Year: B2B
- Winner: Campaign, entered by Haymarket Business Media
Editorial Team of the Year: Consumer
- Winner: Women’s Health, entered by Hearst UK
- Highly Commended: PinkNews
Product Development Team of the Year
- Winner: Counterparty Radar, entered by Infopro Digital
Sales Team of the Year
- Winner: HBM Recruitment Sales Team, entered by Haymarket Business Media
- Highly Commended: Campaign, entered by Haymarket Business Media
PUBLISHING EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Best Creative Solutions Led / Content Marketing Campaign
- Winner: The Big Issue together with O2: The National Databank Partnership, entered by The Big Issue
- Highly Commended: VICE Media Group and Levi’s Sustainability Partnership, entered by VICE Media Group
Best Digital Publishing Innovation
- Winner: Economist Education, entered by The Economist Group
Best Diversification of Commercial Strategy, sponsored by Google
- Winner: Propolis, entered by B2B Marketing
Best Media Technology Partner
- Winner: How Brand Metrics Is Helping Satisfy Buy-Side’s Relentless Demand for Effectiveness Data, entered by Brand Metrics
- Highly Commended: Video Intelligence
Best Publisher-led Social Good Initiative or Campaign, sponsored by Lewis Silkin
- Winner: InYourArea/Reach, Cash for Connectivity, entered by Reach
Best Research / Insight Project, sponsored by Deloitte
- Winner: Making Change Happen, entered by Independent Digital News and Media
Best Use of Audio
- Winner: Making Charity Donations Easier with Alexa, entered by Octave Audio and Say it Now
- Highly Commended: VICE, Unfiltered History Tour, entered by VICE Media Group
Best Use of Data
- Winner: The Independent’s CRM Strategy, entered by Independent Digital News and Media
- Highly Commended: News UK, Nucleus Personalisation, entered by News UK
Best Use of Video
- Winner: PinkNews, The Queer Catch-Up, entered by PinkNews
- Highly Commended: Social Video Acceleration, entered by Reach
The AOP Employer Excellence Award
- Winner: Texere Publishing
GRAND PRIX
Best Online Brand: B2B
- Winner: Campaign, entered by Haymarket Business Media
Best Online Brand: Consumer, sponsored by Browsi
- Winner: Homes & Gardens, entered by Future
- Highly Commended: The Independent
Small Digital Publisher of the Year
- Winner: B2B Marketing
Best Digital B2B Publishing Company 2022, sponsored by PubMatic
- Winner: Haymarket Business Media, Haymarket Media Group
Best Digital Consumer Publishing Company 2022, sponsored by PubMatic
- Winner: Independent Digital News and Media
Additional details on the AOP Digital Publishing Awards 2022 can be found here
