IFRA Asia’s Annual Media Awards 2004
Singapore, July 1, 2004 – For the third year running,
the annual Publish Asia Media Awards brought big smiles to the winners
at The Fullerton Hotel, Singapore this evening. Attended by hundreds
of top executives from leading newspapers and magazines around the
world, the event was a spectacular one. A total of 18 awards for three
categories – Printing, Infographics and Design were given out
during the gala dinner.
This year, Singapore Press Holdings bagged 5 of the 18 awards.
In the Best in Print, Double Width category, The Straits Times won
the silver award and bronze award went to the sister Chinese daily,
Lianhe Zaobao. In the Best in Newspaper Design category, the gold
award went to The Sunday Times. In the Best in Newspaper Infographics
category, The Straits Times won both the gold and bronze awards.
Apple Daily, Taiwan took home 2 awards namely Best in Print, Single
Width gold award and Best in Newspaper Design bronze award. Guangzhou
Daily won the gold award for Best in Print, Double Width category.
And the silver and bronze award for Best in Print, Single Width
category went to Prajavani (Belur) published by The Printers (Mysore)
Pvt. Ltd, India and Malayala Manorama published by The Malayala
Manorama, Co. Ltd. India respectively.
The Edge Communications Sdn Bhd, Malaysia won the silver award
for Best in Newspaper Design award. The last award under the Newspaper
category – Best in Newspaper Infographics went to Dainik Bhaskar,
India.
Under the Magazines categories, 2 award categories were given out
namely Best in Magazine Design and Best in Magazine Infographics.
TIME magazine published by Time Inc. Asia, Hong Kong took home 3
awards for Best in Design, silver award; and Best in Infographics,
gold and bronze awards. The silver award under Best in Infographics
category went to India Today published by Living Media India Limited.
Young Parents published by SPH Magazine Pte Ltd won the gold award
for Best in Design category and Wine and Dine published by Wine
and Dine Experience Pte Ltd won the bronze award.
Man Roland Druckmaschinen AG has proudly sponsored the Best in
Print award this year.
Publish Asia is an annual industry event organized by Ifra Asia,
Singapore, regional office of Ifra the world's leading organisation
for newspaper and media publishing.
The complete list of winners is as follows:
BEST IN PRINT - DOUBLE WIDTH
GOLD Awards
Guangzhou Daily
Guangzhou Daily Group, China
SILVER Awards
The Straits Times
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd, Singapore
BRONZE Awards
Lianhe Zaobao
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd, Singapore
BEST IN PRINT - SINGLE WIDTH
GOLD Awards
Apple Daily (Tw)
Apple Daily Ltd, Taiwan
SILVER Awards
Prajavani (Belur)
The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd, India
BRONZE Awards
Malayala Manorama
The Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd. India
BEST IN INFOGRAPHIC - NEWSPAPER
GOLD Awards
The Straits Times
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd, Singapore
SILVER Awards
Dainik Bhaskar
Dainik Bhaskar, India
BRONZE Awards
The Straits Times
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd, Singapore
BEST IN INFOGRAPHIC - MAGAZINE
GOLD Awards
TIME – Secrets of Longevity
Time Inc. Asia, Hong Kong
SILVER Awards
India Today
Living Media India Limited, India
BRONZE Awards
TIME – Spirited Away
Time Inc. Asia, Hong Kong
BEST IN DESIGN - NEWSPAPER
GOLD Awards
The Sunday Times
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd, Singapore
SILVER Awards
The Edge
The Edge Communications Sdn Bhd , Malaysia
BRONZE Awards
Apple Daily, Taiwan
Apple Daily Publications Development Ltd., Taiwan
BEST IN DESIGN – MAGAZINE
GOLD Awards
Young Parents
SPH Magazines Pte Ltd, Singapore
SILVER Awards
TIME – The Asian Journey Home
Time Inc. Asia, Hong Kong
BRONZE Awards
Wine & Dine
Wine & Dine Experience Pte Ltd, Singapore
For more information, please contact:
Ms Lisa Yam
Tel : + 65 6562 8446
Fax: + 65 6562 8441
Email: lisa@ifra.com
Website: http://www.ifra.com/
About Ifra
Ifra (www.ifra.com)
is the world’s leading service organization for newspaper and
media publishing industry. The company serves more than 2000 publishing
companies and suppliers to the publishing industry from over 60
countries worldwide. Since its inception, Ifra is the preferred
platform for decision-makers to exchange experiences and best practices.
Ifra specializes in all issues relating to the production of publications
and in particular printing technology. A board of publishers from
around the world monitors Ifra’s work. The company’s daily
goal is to be the most competent partner to all those in the media
publishing industry.
The Company’s businesses consist of Ifra Membership Programs;
Ifra Research; Ifra Consulting, customized engagements tailored
to the newspaper community; Ifra Events, international symposia,
seminars and workshops, annual “Ifra Expo” (www.ifraexpo.com)
for the newspaper industry; and Ifra Training, practical, hands-on
training offered in state-of-the-art facilities or as on-site training.
Ifra also publishes the trade magazine “Newspaper Techniques”
in 5 languages (English, French, German, Spanish) monthly and in
Chinese quarterly for Ifra Membership Programs members.
Founded in 1961, Ifra is headquartered in Darmstadt and has presence
in 12 regional offices worldwide.
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