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The PPA Awards 2012: Time to get your entries in!

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Every year the PPA have a glittering ceremony celebrating the very best of the magazine industry; showcasing excellence, rewarding innovation and providing the benchmark by which UK publishing judges itself.

What better way to showcase your magazine than to win one of these coveted awards, and with 22 categories to choose from you’ll be sure to find a suitable category to enter.

The categories are as follows

  • Consumer Magazine of the Year
  • Specialist Consumer Magazine of the Year
  • International Consumer Magazine of the Year
  • The PPA Diversity Award – NEW AWARD
  • Front Cover of the Year – NEW AWARD
  • Digital Product of the Year (Consumer Media)
  • Digital/Data Product of the Year (Business Media)
  • Consumer Media Brand of the Year
  • Business Media Brand of the Year
  • Business Magazine of the Year
  • Customer Magazine of the Year
  • Publisher/Manager of the Year (Consumer Media)
  • Publisher/Manager of the Year (Business Media)
  • Publisher/Manager of the Year (Annual Turnover Under £10 Million)
  • Editor of the Year (Consumer Media)
  • Editor of the Year (Business Media)
  • Writer of the Year (Consumer Media)
  • Writer of the Year (Business Media)
  • Columnist of the Year (Consumer Media)
  • Columnist of the Year (Business Media)
  • Designer of the Year (Consumer Media)
  • Designer of the Year (Business Media)

The closing date for entries is Friday 17 February, for more information click here.

Good Luck


PPA Awards

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Wednesday night saw the crème de la crème of the magazine industry descend on the Grosvenor House Hotel for the Annual PPA Awards, the most coveted awards in the industry, showcasing excellence, rewarding innovation and a chance to have good old knees up!

The Awards was hosted by comedian Kevin Bridges who did a great job of keeping everyone entertained. Winkler, best known as Arthur ‘The Fonz’ Fonzarelli in Happy Days also made a surprise appearance and encouraged the audience to donate to the event’s two chose industry charities: Mag Aid and the NewstrAid Benevolent Fund.

Fonz takes to the stage

YUDU sponsered the Digital Product of the Year (Consumer Media) which was one by BBCGoodFood.com, congratulations to them and all of the worthy titles who were shortlisted in the category.

YUDU CEO Richard Stephenson presenting the award

A big congratulations goes out to all the winners, especially our clients Reader’s Digest with Gill Hudson winning Editor of the Year (Consumer Media) and Conor Dignam from Screen International winning Publisher/Manager of the Year (Business Media).  A full list of winners can be found here.

The PPA Annual Conference 2011

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PPA 2011 banner

Celebrating innovation and inspiration in publishing, the 2011 PPA Annual Conference takes place May 4th at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge.

True to form, YUDU will be present at the must-attend event for UK publishers, where we will be showcasing the new dual subscription system alongside our other digital solutions available to publishers. We can be found at stand 20 (just by the conference area) so if you’d like a chat about any or all of the services we have to offer, please don’t hesitate to stop by.

Not only that, there will be a YUDU presence on the consumer question time panel as well. Alongside other experienced individuals (such as Mark Dinning, Editor‐in‐Chief of Empire Magazine, and Mike Soutar, CEO of ShortList Media) our CEO Richard Stephenson will be discussing the key themes from the morning session and fielding questions from the audience.

The discussions will be kicking off in the conference area at 11.25am so get down there early to grab a seat!

To get a sneak preview of the conference programme for the day click on the icon below.

YUDU win Digital Magazine Company of the Year at the PPA Production Awards

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The YUDU team are delighted to have won Digital Magazine Company of the Year at the PPA Production and Environment Awards held at Vinopolis last Friday the 26th of November. We are very proud to be amongst the winners at an awards dedicated to celebrating and upholding the excellence in magazine production, something which we are committed to doing.

Our congratulation to all the winners of the evening, especially BBC Worldwide for winning our sponsored award:  Environmentally sustainable business of the year – publisher.

A full list of all the winners can be found here.

The team celebrating after collecting our award!

PPA Customer Direct Awards

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Last night the YUDU team tottered down to the Brewery on Chiswell Street for the PPA’s Customer Direct Awards where we enjoyed a great evening.

Congratulations to all winners of the, there was a definite prominence from IPC and Future in the winning stakes, well done. One of the many awards won by IPC was our sponsored award “Best use of interactive media, best online campaign.”

Richard Stephenson Presenting the award

Richard Stephenson presenting IPC with their award for “Best use of interactive media, best online campaign.”

That’s us up there!

On a final note I just have to mention how sensational the food was last night, the team was all in agreement that it was the best we have ever tasted at an awards do, delicious!

PPA Awards 2010

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Last night, June 16th, the crème de la crème of the publishing world descended on Mayfair’s Grosvenor House Hotel for the Oscars of the Publishing world, the PPA Awards, which celebrates editorial and publishing excellence in both consumer magazines and business media.

The night was hosted by funnyman Sean Lock who had the room in hysterics with his sardonic wit; he insightfully notified the audience that the Oscars is infact often called the PPA’s of the film world!  This year’s ceremony was extra special as it celebrated the 30th anniversary of the event, it was also the UK’s first 3D Awards ceremony! Que us looking o so very trendy in 3D glasses all evening,  once the glasses came off one was left feeling slightly bemused, blurred vision; down to the 3D images or the steady flow of Champagne…?

YUDU Media sponsored the Business Web Service of the Year award which Robert, our Marketing Director presented to TES Connect, big congratulations to them, well deserved! Our congratulations also go out to Time Out who YUDU shared a table with for the evening, they were the big winners of the evening picking up two awards: International Consumer Magazine of the Year and Columnist of the Year, I’m sure there has been some celebrating going on over at the Time Out office today!

A full list of all the evenings’ winners can be found here.

We’ve added some photos of the evening on our facebook page – enjoy!

YUDU to Showcase Pro at Publishing Expo February 11th-12th

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YUDU Media will be showcasing its YUDU Pro product at Publishing Expo from February 11th to the 12th in stand A10. Publishing Expo is the UK’s leading event for the rapidly changing publishing industry, attracts attendees and exhibitors from all aspects of the industry, and will be held at the Olympia 2 in London.

Coming off its recent win as the Digital Magazine Delivery Company of the Year 2008 from the Periodical Publishers Association (PPA), YUDU Media will display its YUDU Pro product, which is built for traditional publishers looking for a customized application to publish their periodicals digitally. The latest features include easy creation of customized loaders and intro pages for self-publishers through a simple upload of a logo or PDF. Also, there are several new features added to viewer including:

  • Highlighting – there is now persistent storage of highlighted boxes that you create in an edition by simply clicking and dragging a box
  • Highlight/Notes sidebar – similar to the table of contents thumbnail viewer, this will show a list of all pages containing either highlights or notes along with snippets of the text
  • Media Browser – clicking a button in the toolbar will change you into a media browser, where you can watch movies, audio, and animations that are within the edition without having the publication in the background.  There will be a film strip style interface at the bottom of the screen with the main item loading in the central space on your monitor

Two of the biggest differentiators for publishers, however, come from the integration between YUDU Pro and YUDU.com. Publishers have the option to send their editions to YUDU.com after publication where they have a free newsstand to reach thousands more readers. In addition, by publishing their editions to YUDU.com, they become much more search friendly and publishers can benefit from the groups, subscriptions, and album functionality.

Stop by our stand at Publishing Expo, meet the team, and see some of the new features that we are unveling. Let us show you what all the buzz is about!

YUDU Wins Digital Magazine Delivery Company of the Year

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YUDU Media was once again recognized for its innovation and dedication to service. The Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) recognized YUDU Media as the Digital Magazine Delivery Company of the Year at their Magazine Production Awards 2008 event.

The PPA is the association for publishers and providers of consumer, customer and business media in the UK. PPA’s role is to promote and protect the interests of the industry in general, and member companies in particular. The association’s membership consists of almost 300 publishing companies, who together publish more than 2,500 consumer, business and professional magazines.

We here at YUDU would like to thank the PPA for the recognition. More importantly, we would like to thank YOU, our customers, partners, and the passionate evangelists that promote YUDU all over the world.

For a complete listing of the awards we have won (and keep winning), view our awards brochure here.

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