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Category 1:  Best Single Article
Classification A: Up to $3,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"Red Gold Rush"
CSO
IDG/CXO Media

Finalist
"Get Used to It"
IP Law & Business
ALM Media, Inc.

Finalist
"Not Invented Here"
IP Law & Business
ALM Media, Inc.

Category 1:  Best Single Article
Classification B: Up to $3,000,000~$7,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"Saw No Evil"
Corporate Counsel
ALM Media, Inc.

Finalist
"OB Team STAT"
Contemporary OB/GYN
Advanstar Communications

Finalist
"Someone to Watch Over You"
Corporate Counsel
ALM Media, Inc.

Category 1:  Best Single Article
Classification C: Up to $7,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"Miami Heat"
The American Lawyer
ALM Media, Inc.

Finalist
"Beware the Bust Out"
CRN
United Business Media PLC/CMP Technology  

Finalist
"A License to Lie"
Registered Rep.
Penton Media, Inc.

Category 2:  Best Subject-related series of article
Classification A: Up to $3,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"The Trouble with HUD and How to Fix It"
Affordable Housing Finance
Hanley Wood, LLC

Finalist
"Circulation Crisis: From The Ground Up"
Editor & Publisher
Neilsen Business Media

Finalist
"Future of Rubber Manufacturing in America"
Rubber & Plastics News
Crain Communications Inc.

Category 2:  Best Subject-related series of article
Classification B: Up to $3,000,000~$7,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"State Board Series"
DVM Newsmagazine
Advanstar Communications

Finalist
"The 2007 GC Compensation Survey"
Corporate Counsel
ALM Media, Inc.

Finalist
"Fit for the Road"
Truckers News
Randall-Reilly Publishing Company

Category 2:  Best Subject-related series of article
Classification C: Up to $7,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"Windows Vista coverage"
PC World
IDG/PC World Communications, Inc.

Finalist
"The New China"
Adweek
Nielsen Business Media

Finalist
"Out of Reach"
Builder
Hanley Wood, LLC

Category 3:  Best staff-written editorials or opinion columns
Classification A: Up to $3,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
Editorials
Geriatrics
Advanstar Communications

Finalist
Editorials
Financial Week
Crain Communications Inc.

Finalist
"The Fruits of Thought"
Produce Business
Phoenix Media Network, Inc.

Category 3:  Best staff-written editorials or opinion columns
Classification B: Up to $3,000,000~$7,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
Editorials
Commercial Carrier Journal
Randall-Reilly Publishing Company

Finalist
Editorials
The Journal of Family Practice
Lebhar-Friedman, Inc./Dowden Health Media, Inc.

Finalist
"Viewpoint"
Overdrive
Randall-Reilly Publishing Company

Category 3:  Best staff-written editorials or opinion columns
Classification C: Up to $7,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"Techlog"
PC World
IDG/PC World Communications, Inc.

Finalist
"Editor's Note"
Computerworld  
IDG/Computerworld

Finalist
"Frankly Speaking"
Computerworld
IDG/Computerworld

Category 4:  Best Department
Classification A: Up to $3,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"Profit Tips"
Drovers
Vance Publishing Corp.

Finalist
"Placemaking"
Developer
Hanley Wood, LLC

Finalist
"The 'A' Section"
Editor & Publisher
Nielsen Business Media

Category 4:  Best Department
Classification B: Up to $3,000,000~$7,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"GCN Lab Reviews"
Government Computer News
1105 Media Inc.

Finalist
"Forensic Casebook"
EC&M
Penton Media, Inc.

Category 4:  Best Department
Classification C: Up to $7,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"Bar Talk"
The American Lawyer
ALM Media, Inc.

Finalist
"Topline"
CFO  
CFO

Finalist
"Consumer Watch"
PC World
IDG/PC World Communications, Inc.

Category 5:  Best how-to article or subject-related series of how-to articles
Classification A: Up to $3,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"Coping With Violent People"
EMS
Cygnus Business Media

Finalist
"Why Clients Leave"
Firstline
Advanstar Communications

Finalist
"Operating in the Global Theater"
Surgical Rounds
Ascend Media

Category 5:  Best how-to article or subject-related series of how-to articles
Classification B: Up to $3,000,000~$7,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"2007 State of the Industry"
Counselor
Advertising Specialty Institute

Finalist
"DIY Series"
The Gourmet Retailer
Nielsen Business Media

Category 5:  Best how-to article or subject-related series of how-to articles
Classification C: Up to $7,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"Building Your Place"
The Progressive Farmer
DTN

Finalist
"Trade Secrets: Crunch Time"
Builder
Hanley Wood, LLC

Finalist
"Bad Neighborhood"
CIO
IDG/CXO Media

Category 6:  Best news coverage
Classification A: Up to $3,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
Corporate Credit Crunch News Coverage
Financial Week
Crain Communications Inc.

Finalist
"LDK Solar"
Clean Technology Investor
Financial Information Services,
a division of Dow Jones

Finalist
"5 Things About Corporate Investigations That Won't Change (As a Result of the Hewlett-Packard Scandal)"
CSO
IDG/CXO Media

Category 6:  Best news coverage
Classification B: Up to $3,000,000~$7,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"Pet-Food recall"
DVM Newsmagazine
Advanstar Communications

Finalist
"Dog Fighting"
DVM Newsmagazine
Advanstar Communications

Finalist
"Irradiation: Promise and Problems"
The Packer
Vance Publishing Corp.

Category 6:  Best news coverage
Classification C: Up to $7,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"Broken Promises: The Collapse of the I-35W Bridge"
Engineering News-Record
The McGraw-Hill Companies

Finalist
"Nobody's Home"
Builder
Hanley Wood, LLC

Finalist
"Total Recall"
CIO
IDG/CXO Media

Category 7:  Best single theme or special issue of a magazine or newspaper/news tabloid
Classification A: Up to $3,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"The Egg Issue"
Plate
Marketing & Technology Group

Finalist
"The CSO Book of Lists"
CSO
IDG/CXO Media

Finalist
August 2007 Issue
residential architect
Hanley Wood, LLC

Category 7:  Best single theme or special issue of a magazine or newspaper/news tabloid
Classification B: Up to $3,000,000~$7,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"Solving the Driver Crisis"
Heavy Duty Trucking
Newport Communications Group

Finalist
"State of the Industry"
Counselor
Advertising Specialty Institute

Finalist
"The 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking"
U.S. Banker
SourceMedia

Category 7:  Best single theme or special issue of a magazine or newspaper/news tabloid
Classification C: Up to $7,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"Litigation 2007"
The American Lawyer
ALM Media, Inc.

Finalist
"Dealmakers of the Year/Corporate Scorecard"
The American Lawyer
ALM Media, Inc.

Finalist
July 2007 Issue
Builder
Hanley Wood, LLC

Category 8:  Best single issue of a magazine
Classification A: Up to $3,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
June 2007 Issue
Affordable Housing Finance
Hanley Wood, LLC

Finalist
October 2007 Issue
Editor & Publisher
Nielsen Business Media

Finalist
September/October 2007 Issue
Millimeter
Penton Media, Inc.

Category 8:  Best single issue of a magazine
Classification B: Up to $3,000,000~$7,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
September 2007 Issue
Photo District News
Nielsen Business Media

Finalist
November 2007 Issue
American Spa
Questex Media Group, Inc.

Finalist
November 2007 Issue
Heavy Duty Trucking
Newport Communications Group

Category 8:  Best single issue of a magazine
Classification C: Up to $7,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
"December 2006 Issue
The American Lawyer
ALM Media, Inc.

Finalist
October 2007 Issue
CFO
CFO

Finalist
March 2007 Issue
Meetings & Conventions
Northstar Travel Media

Category 9:  Best single issue of a newspaper
Classification A: Up to $3,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
November 12, 2007 Issue
Financial Week
Crain Communications Inc.

Finalist
March 19, 2007 Issue
Waste News
Crain Communications Inc.

Category 9:  Best single issue of a newspaper
Classification B: Up to $3,000,000~$7,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
October 22, 2007 Issue
Convenience Store News
Nielsen Business Media

Finalist
March 19, 2007 Issue
Government Computer News
1105 Media Inc.

Finalist
November 12, 2007 Issue
Legal Times
ALM Media, Inc.

Category 9:  Best single issue of a newspaper
Classification C: Up to $7,000,000 in advertising/circulation revenue

Winner
May 21, 2007 Issue
Nation's Restaurant News
Lebhar-Friedman, Inc.

Finalist
October 1, 2007 Issue
Nation's Restaurant News
Lebhar-Friedman, Inc.

Finalist
October 22, 2007 Issue
Travel Weekly
Northstar Travel Media

Category 10:  Best start-up publication, no revenue breakdown

No awards given.

Category 11:  Best Web site
Classification E: Fewer than $100,000 unique visitors

Winner
GreenSourceMag.com
GreenSource: The Magazine of Sustainable Design
The McGraw-Hill Companies

Finalist
LegalTimes.com
Legal Times
ALM Media, Inc.

Finalist
ThePacker.com
The Packer
Vance Publishing Corp.

Category 11:  Best Web site
Classification F: Up to $100,000~$500,000 in unique visitors

Winner
ArchRecord.com
Architectural Record
The McGraw-Hill Companies

Finalist
ENR.com
Engineering News-Record
The McGraw-Hill Companies

Finalist
Workforce.com
Workforce Management
Crain Communications Inc.

Category 11:  Best Web site
Classification G: More than $500,000 unique visitors

Winner
Computerworld.com
Computerworld
IDG/Computerworld

Finalist
Forbes.com
Forbes.com

Finalist
PCWorld.com
PC World
IDG/PC World Communications, Inc.

Category 12:  Best online article or series
Classification E: Fewer than $100,000 unique visitors

No award given.

Category 12:  Best online article or series
Classification F: Up to $100,000~$500,000 in unique visitors

Winner
"Form or Function?: The Frank Stella Interview"
Architectural Record
The McGraw-Hill Companies

Finalist
"Boeing 787"
Design News
Reed Business Information

Finalist
"Step by Step"
Millimeter
Penton Media, Inc.

Category 12:  Best online article or series
Classification G: More than $500,000 unique visitors

Winner
"A Week of Leopard"
Computerworld
IDG/Computerworld

Finalist
"Markets Special Report"
Forbes.com
Forbes.com

Finalist
"Networking's 50 Greatest arguments"
Network World
IDG/Network World Inc.

Category 13:  Best blog
Classification E: Fewer than $100,000 unique visitors

Winner
"Cutting Remarks"
Jewelers' Circular Keystone
Reed Business Information

Finalist
RetailDesignDiva.com
DDI
Nielsen Business Media

Finalist
"Back Stage Unscripted"
Back Stage
Nielsen Business Media

Category 13:  Best blog
Classification F: Up to $100,000~$500,000 in unique visitors

Winner
"Brian's Brain"
EDN
Reed Business Information

Finalist
"Rated: James Hibberd"
TelevisionWeek
Crain Communications Inc.

Finalist
"Business of Management"
Workforce Management
Crain Communications Inc.

Category 13:  Best blog
Classification G: More than $500,000 unique visitors

Winner
Computerworld Blog
Computerworld
IDG/Computerworld

Finalist
"Wolfe's Den"
InformationWeek.com
United Business Media PLC/CMP Technology

Finalist
GoodCleanTech.com
PC Magazine
Ziff Davis Media

Grand Neal

The McAllister Editorial Fellowship

The Timothy White Award

The G.D. Crain Award

The Reed Business Information Outstanding Intern Award