ABM ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
HONOR THE BEST IN BUSINESS MEDIA
NEW YORK, June 17, 2008 – American Business Media is pleased to congratulate the winners of its second annual Achievement Awards. ABM members gathered over breakfast this morning at the Union League Club in New York City to honor the industry achievements of their colleagues in Circulation, Human Resources, Media Kits and Custom Media.
The winners were:
Circulation Career Award
Jerry Okabe, VP, Audience Marketing, Penton Media
Custom Media Innovator of the Year Award
Joe Pulizzi, President, Junta42
Human Resources Executive of the Year Award
Ivy Molofsky, VP, Human Resources, Thomas Publishing
Media Kit Awards
PRINT
1st – Garden Center Products & Supplies - Branch-Smith Publishing
2nd – Building Design + Construction – Reed Business Information
2nd – Hanley Wood e-Media – Hanley Wood, LLC
3rd – IEEE Spectrum - IEEE
EXHIBITOR
1st - International Beauty Show New York - Questex Media Group
ONLINE
1st - Computerworld - IDG
Created by three of ABM’s Committees – Circulation, HR, and Media Marketing – the awards acknowledge the exceptional careers of individuals in circulation and human resources, and highlight the hard work and creativity of marketing teams in business media. This year also marked the introduction of the inaugural Custom Media Award, created by the Custom Media Committee, honoring the achievements of a custom media professional.
The expert panel of judges, which included past Circulation Career Award winners (Circulation Career Award), the first HR Executive of the Year Award winner and chair of ABM’s HR Committee (Human Resources Executive of the Year Award), and ABM’s Media Marketing Committee, as well as marketers, agency executives, and creative directors (Media Kit Award), carefully evaluated each entry to decide this year’s talented crop of winners.
On hand to present the finalists and winners were Barry Green, VP/director of circulation for Hearst Business Media and past recipient of the Circulation Career Award; Felicia White, VP of human resources for ALM Media; Anne O’Brien, EVP of marketing and strategic planning for SourceMedia; and Sonya Ruff Jarvis, marketing director at Reed Exhibitions and chair of ABM’s Media Marketing Committee.
To learn more about the awards or to get involved with ABM’s Circulation, Human Resources, Media Marketing or Custom Media Committees, please contact Jenna Lisanti at j.lisanti@abmmail.com.
About American Business Media:
Founded in 1906, American Business Media is the association of business information providers, delivering business intelligence to industry professionals worldwide, including Madison Avenue, Wall Street and the Beltway. Its 300-plus member companies reach an audience of more than 100 million professionals and represent nearly 6,000 print and online titles and over 1,000 trade shows, with well over $26 billion in annual revenues.
Contact:
Kate Patton, Editor
American Business Media
212.661.6360 ext. 3315
k.patton@abmmail.com