AOP Announces Winners of the Digital Publishing Awards 2024

Published: 13 Jun 2024

• Haymarket Business Media named Best Digital B2B Publishing Company
• Immediate wins Best Digital Consumer Publishing Company
• Jo Holdaway, Chief Data & Marketing Officer at Independent Digital News and Media Limited, wins The Bill Murray Award for Outstanding Contribution to Digital Publishing

London, UK, 13th June 2024 – The Association of Online Publishers (AOP) celebrated its 22nd Awards yesterday, honouring the digital publishing industry’s top talent at the in-person ceremony, held at Old Billingsgate in London.

AOP’s flagship event was hosted by comedian Daliso Chaponda and recognised the individuals, teams and companies driving impressive growth of the digital publishing sector. There were 27 category winners, including Jo Holdaway, Chief Data & Marketing Officer at Independent Digital News and Media Limited, who received the prestigious Bill Murray Award for Outstanding Contribution to Digital Publishing.

Categories were judged by a panel of digital industry experts under the guidance of co-chairs Karen Eccles, Chief Commercial Officer at The Telegraph, and Jonathon Whiteley, CEO, Real Deals Media.

“With a record-breaking number of submissions – from new and returning entrants across all categories and disciplines – we had more to celebrate this year than ever,” comments Richard Reeves, Managing Director at AOP. “As always, it was a pleasure to award those who set the benchmark for excellence in our industry. A huge congratulations to all the winners driving positive change in an ever-evolving media landscape.”

Among the other winners on the night was Jamie Carpenter from ENDS Report, who took home the prestigious Editor of the Year accolade, Channel Accelerator, who won Best Digital Publishing Innovation, and Pugpig, who was awarded Best Media Technology Partner. Meanwhile, Obomate Briggs from New Scientist won the Rising Star award.

The full list of winners is as follows:

INDIVIDUAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Editor of the Year

• Winner: Jamie Carpenter, ENDS Report, entered by Haymarket Media Group
  

Journalist of the Year

• Winner: Karl Flinders - Computer Weekly, entered by TechTarget
• Highly commended: Valeria Martinez, Investment Week, entered by Incisive Media
• Highly commended: Ralph Blackburn, entered by NationalWorld

Rising Star

• Winner: Obomate Briggs, entered by New Scientist
• Highly commended: Scarlett Stansall, entered by Mail Metro Media

Sales Person of the Year

• Winner: Peter Jones, entered by Autovia

The AOP Award for Inspiring Local Journalism, sponsored by Google News Initiative

• Winner: Luke Butterly, The Detail
• Highly commended: Charles Thomson, Newsquest
• Highly commended: Joe Locker, Notts TV
• Highly commended: Anna Whittaker, Notts TV

TEAM EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Advertising Operations Team of the Year

• Winner: William Reed
• Highly commended: Newsquest Media Group

Audience Development Team of the Year, sponsored by UKOM

• Winner: WhatsApp Publishing Team, entered by Reach PLC
• Highly commended: The Sun Audience Team, entered by News UK

Editorial Team of the Year: B2B

• Winner: Community Care, entered by Mark Allen Group

Editorial Team of the Year: Consumer

• Winner: The Telegraph Editorial Team

Product Development Team of the Year

• Winner: William Reed
• Highly commended: Building Product To Support Multi-brand Digital Subscriptions Growth In Local News Media, entered by Newsquest Media Group

Sales Team of the Year

• Winner: Immediate
• Highly commended: The Sun Commercial Team, entered by News UK

PUBLISHING EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Best Creative Solutions Led / Content Marketing Campaign

• Winner: Volkswagen ID. Buzz & What Car? Vans: Getting Van Buyers To #ThinkAgain, entered by Haymarket Automotive Studio
• Highly commended: Never Mind The Taste Test: ASDA's Taste Match Challenge, entered by Sky Media

Best Digital Publishing Innovation, sponsored by Index Exchange

• Winner: Channel Accelerator, entered by The Channel Company
• Highly commended: WhatsApp Publishing, entered by Reach PLC

Best Diversification of Commercial Strategy, sponsored by Google

• Winner: Compass: A New Research And Insights Agency, entered by Telegraph Media Group

Best Media Technology Partner

• Winner: PUGPIG
• Highly commended: Monetising The Unmonetisable, entered by Opt Out Advertising

Best Publisher-led Social Good Initiative or Campaign

• Winner: Big Issue, entered by The Big Issue Group Ltd

Best Research / Insight Project

• Winner: Sky, UKOM & Ipsos iris - An Industry First For Measuring Off-Platform Audiences, entered by Sky UK
• Highly commended: Our London, entered by Evening Standard

Best Use of Audio

• Winner: The Film Stories Podcast, entered by Film Stories
• Highly commended: Room 106, Planning Magazine, entered by Haymarket Business Media

Best Use of Data, sponsored by Anonymised

• Winner: Nucleus By News UK, entered by News UK

Best Use of Video, sponsored by PubMatic

• Winner: The Best Ever - Radio Times, entered by Immediate

The AOP Employer Excellence Award, sponsored by Lewis Silkin

• Winner: Haymarket Media Group
• Highly commended: Immediate

GRAND PRIX AWARDS

Best Online Brand: B2B

• Winner: Campaign, entered by Haymarket Media Group

Best Online Brand: Consumer

• Winner: The Telegraph, entered by Telegraph Media Group
• Highly commended: SoGlos - Gloucestershire's Leading Media Brand, entered by SoPublishing

Small Digital Publisher of the Year, sponsored by Deloitte

• Winner: RocaNews
• Highly commended: UKTN

Best Digital B2B Publishing Company 2024

• Winner: Haymarket Business Media, Haymarket Media Group

Best Digital Consumer Publishing Company 2024

• Winner: Immediate

The Bill Murray Award for Outstanding Contribution to Digital Publishing, in partnership with UKOM and supported by Haymarket Media Group

• Winner: Jo Holdaway, Chief Data & Marketing Officer, Independent Digital News and Media Limited

Additional details on the AOP Digital Publishing Awards 2024 can be found here.

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