Bauer Media’s Take 5 took home the top gong from last night’s Mumbrella’s Publish Awards while Momentum Media was the most awarded publisher, taking home four trophies.
Real life magazine Take 5 also grabbed the awards for Consumer Publication of the Year – Large Publisher, and the overall Excellence Award after impressing judges with its growth strategies and audience advocacy in the last year.

Accepting the Excellence gong, Take 5 editor-in-chief Paul Merrill told the audience: “Print is in the ascendancy.”
Today he said: “I’m thrilled for the team that we were recognised in such a spectacular and unexpected way. I’m very lucky to work with such a talented and passionate bunch of people who are always looking for exciting new ideas and designs to try to keep Take 5 fresh and surprising.”
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Buzzfeed Australia walked away with three trophies in Best Use of Short-Form Video, Journalist of the Year for the now departed Mark DiStefano and Website of the Year – Consumer/Custom categories.
Brand publishing house Medium Rare also took home three awards with wins in the Publishing Company of the Year – Large Publisher, Sales Team of the Year and Editor of the Year – Consumer/Custom for Qantas Magazine editor Kirsten Galliott.
But the biggest winner on the night was B2B publisher Momentum Media, which dominated the business categories to take home four trophies.
It picked up in the Columnist of the Year category for Aleks Vickovich, Editor of the Year – Business with Katarina Taurian of Accountants Daily, Event of the Year for the Better Business Summit and Lawyers Weekly winning Business Publication of the Year.
Vice Australia was named Brand of the Year while the Vice Bran Studio won the Content Studio of the Year award.
Fairfax Media won two awards with AFR Magazine picking up Magazine Cover of the Year – Consumer/Custom and Tim Beor winning Designer of the Year.
Gen Z-targeted site Punkee won the Launch/Relaunch of the Year – Large Publisher category for parent company Junkee Media, while Camper, which Adventures Group Holdings bought from Bauer Media at the start of the year, won in the small publisher category.
Other winners on the night included News Corp, Fairfax Media, NewsLifeMedia, Nine.com.au, Mahlab, Universal Magazines, Allure Media and Broadsheet.
Magazine Cover of the Year – Business
Current, Mahlab for the Australian Water Association

Magazine Cover of the Year – Consumer/Custom
AFR Magazine, Fairfax Media

Designer of the Year
Tim Beor, Creative Director, Fairfax Media

Best E-commerce Strategy
Cosy PROJECT, Universal Magazines

Best Use of Short-form Video
The Privilege Walk, Buzzfeed

Highly Commended
Change The Date to May 8, Mate, Junkee, Junkee Media
Best Podcast
Modern Babies, Nova Entertainment for Genea Limited

Publish Award for Innovation
Newsroom.ly

Salesperson/Team of the Year
Qantas Sales Team, Qantas Magazine and Travel Insider, Medium Rare Content Agency

Single Article of the Year – Small Publisher
The Quantum Gamble, Wilson da Silva, UNSW Sydney, Engineering Faculty, Refraction Media


Single Article of the Year – Large Publisher
Impact, Nick Place, Meredith O’Shea, Miguel Rios, Seamus Bradley, Royal Auto, RACV
Young Writer of the Year
Adam Baidawi, GQ Australia, NewsLifeMedia

Journalist of the Year – Small Publisher
Mark Di Stefano, Buzzfeed News

Journalist of the Year – Large Publisher
Emily McPherson, nine.com.au, Nine Entertainment Co

Columnist of the Year
Aleks Vickovich, Momentum Media

Editor of the Year – Business
Katarina Taurian, Accountants Daily, Momentum Media

Highly Commended
Claire Chaffey, LSJ, Law Society of New South Wales
Editor of the Year – Consumer/Custom
Kirsten Galliott, Qantas Magazine, Medium Rare Content Agency

Event of the Year
Better Business Summit, Momentum Media

Special Edition of the Year
Herald Sun Footy17, Herald Sun, News Corp

Highly Commended
Diana, A Beautiful Life Remembered, New Idea, Pacific Magazines
Best Launch/Relaunch of the Year – Small Publisher
Camper, Adventures Group Holdings for Camper

Highly Commended
Shut Up & Take My Money, D’Marge
Best Launch/Relaunch of the Year – Large Publisher
Punkee, Junkee Media

Association or Member Organisation Magazine of the Year
LSJ, The Law Society of NSW

Highly Commended
WA Works, Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA
Business Publication of the Year
Lawyers Weekly, Momentum Media

Custom Publication of the Year
Voyage, Storyation for APT

Consumer Publication of the Year – Small Publisher
Geelong + Surf Coast Living, Provincial Media

Consumer Publication of the Year – Large Publisher
Take 5 Magazine, Bauer Media

Brand of the Year
VICE Australia

Highly Commended
Lawyer’s Weekly, Momentum Media
Website of the Year – Business
Business Insider Australia, Allure Media

Highly Commended
The Urban Developer
Website of the Year – Consumer/Custom
Buzzfeed Australia, Buzzfeed

Publish Executive of the Year
Nick Shelton, Broadsheet Media

Branded Content Studio of the Year
VICE Brand Studio, VICE Australia

Highly Commended
Guardian Labs Australia, Guardian Australia
Publishing Company of the Year – Small Publisher
Mahlab

Publishing Company of the Year – Large Publisher
Medium Rare Content Agency

Publish Award for Excellence
Take 5 Magazine, Bauer Media
