AOP announces Winners of the Digital Publishing Awards 2022
Published: 16 Jun 2022
London, UK, 16th June 2022 – The 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 organised 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,” comments Richard Reeves, Managing Director at AOP. “A huge well done to all the inspiring individuals and teams who work so hard to drive creativity and light the way forward through hard work, resilience and determination.”
Emma Newman, CRO, EMEA at PubMatic commented: “The Digital Publishing Awards set the benchmark for excellence in our industry. That’s why we’re so pleased to offer our continued support to the AOP; helping to spotlight the truly exceptional and celebrate their successes of the past year. Congratulations to the winners and everyone shortlisted.”
Among the winners on the night was Karl Flinders from Computer Weekly, who took home Journalist of the Year for his outstanding investigative journalism; breaking the story of the Post Office Scandal and seeing it through to achieve justice for those involved. Brand Metrics won Best Media Technology Partner for its work helping digital publishers achieve better revenues for quality content, and The Big Issue, together with O2, won Best Creative Solutions Led / Content Marketing Campaign.
The full list of winners is as follows:
Editor of the Year
Journalist of the Year
Rising Star
Sales Person of the Year
The Local Hero Award, sponsored by Google News Initiative
Advertising Operations Team of the Year, sponsored by Ogury
Audience Development Team of the Year, sponsored by UKOM
Editorial Team of the Year: B2B
Editorial Team of the Year: Consumer
Product Development Team of the Year
Sales Team of the Year
Best Creative Solutions Led / Content Marketing Campaign
Best Digital Publishing Innovation
Best Diversification of Commercial Strategy, sponsored by Google
Best Media Technology Partner
Best Publisher-led Social Good Initiative or Campaign, sponsored by Lewis Silkin
Best Research / Insight Project, sponsored by Deloitte
Best Use of Audio
Best Use of Data
Best Use of Video
The AOP Employer Excellence Award
Best Online Brand: B2B
Best Online Brand: Consumer, sponsored by Browsi
Small Digital Publisher of the Year
Best Digital B2B Publishing Company 2022, sponsored by PubMatic
Best Digital Consumer Publishing Company 2022, sponsored by PubMatic
Additional details on the AOP Digital Publishing Awards 2022 can be found here
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The Association of Online Publishers (AOP) is an industry body representing digital publishing companies that create original, branded, quality content. AOP champions the interests of media owners from diverse backgrounds including newspaper and magazine publishing, TV and radio broadcasting, and pure online media. For more information, please visit www.ukaop.org.
