Variety.com Named Finalist in Internet News Site Awards
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on Apr. 8, 2003
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Update: Variety didn’t win: LJWorld.com did. But losing to them is a great honor—like making it to the end of a video game but succumbing to the big boss. We were also competitors in the categories of “Best Internet Business Service (less than 1 million unique visitors)” and “Best Internet Entertainment Service (less than 1 million unique visitors)” but not “finalists” perhaps because there were not enough competitors. We also didn’t quite win in those, but I must assume we came in second 😊
On Friday, Variety.com was named one of four finalists for best overall newspaper site with less than 1,000,000 monthly visitors in the 2003 EPpy Awards competition.
Variety is, as far as I can tell, the only entirely paid-subscription site to be nominated in any category.
Says the release: “The EPpy Awards, which are now in their eighth year, identify and honor the best work in the Internet field by media outlets, including newspapers, radio, and broadcast/cable TV. EPpy winners will be announced at the Interactive Media Conference and Trade Show, May 7-9, 2003 at the Paradise Point Resort in San Diego.
“The 2003 EPpy Awards competition, which attracted more than 400 entries this year, is sponsored by Editor & Publisher (E&P) and MediaWeek magazines.”
CATEGORY:
Best Overall Newspaper-affiliated Internet service with monthly unique visitors
www.Variety.com - Variety
www.NewsOK.com - News 9 and The Oklahoman
www.capecodonline.com - Cape Cod Online
www.gomemphis.com - The Commercial Appeal
This is pretty exciting for me, and is the third significant award Variety has won in the past year.
