Publish Awards 2017: Bauer’s Take 5 grabs top award – ‘Print is in the ascendancy’
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.”
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
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So, Podcast of the year was won by Nova for Modern Babies by Genea, but isn’t that an advertorial? Not trying to be bitchy, but surely the Podcast of the year category, should be for editorially-focused Podcasts? I’m sure the product is good, but just wondering if it’s in the right category…? If someone could clarify, that would be appreicated
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Hi Matt,
Thanks for the question. Brand-funded content is eligible, and indeed welcome.
I’m sure that if the podcast category becomes more popular (as I suspect it will) there may be a time in the future where we split it, rather like we split business mags, consumer mags, custom mags etc.
Cheers,
Tim – Mumbrella