Well done to NME editor Conor McNicholas who took the title of Consumer Editor Of The Year at last week’s PPA Awards For Editorial And Publishing Excellence, praised by judges for his “redefinition of the women's weeklies market". Oh, hang on, that’s what they said about Consumer Magazine Of The Year Closer. McNicholas was praised for his "personal commitment to the brand's commercial success”, whatever that means.
Well done also to the rest of this year’s PPA Award 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: Conde Nast Traveller
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 (Conde 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)