For Immediate Release
Contact: Anna Qu
212.255.0945
PEARL AWARDS FINALISTS UNVEILED
Record Number of International Entries and Winners
Guest Presenters: Raphael Miranda and Cyndi Stivers
NEW YORK, NY(October 19, 2012) – Finalists for the 2012 Pearl Awards were announced today, selected from 628 entries from 15 countries, underscoring custom media’s growth in the publishing industry.
The Pearl Awards, presented by the Custom Content Council annually, recognize excellence in custom media in the areas of design, editorial, strategic initiatives in print and digital. This year’s program will be honor winners in 42 major subcategories with executives from a record of 62 companies.
“This year we saw an increase in digital submissions, which is no surprise in today’s digital marketplace,” said Lori Rosen, Executive Director of Custom Content Council. “However, what is new is the exciting and unique 80% increase in our competitive integrated web and print entries. What we see overall is content marketers continuing to press the boundaries in innovative and creative ways.”
The 2012 Pearl Awards custom media company finalists are:
Agency Fish
American Express Publishing
The American Urological Association
Ariad Communications
Ascend Integrated Media
AUDE
Boston Magazine Custom Publishing
Bravo Digital Media
Campbell Ewald
Contempo Media
D Custom
Diablo Custom Publishing
Dialogi
The Economist Group
EnVeritas Group
First National Bank
GLC Custom Media
The Globe and Mail
Golf Digest Properties
Greydog Media LLC
Hanley Wood Marketing
HCP/Aboard Publishing
Head Office
Het Salon
HOFFMAN UND CAMPE
Iostudio
Journal International
Journey Group Inc
KircherBurkhardt GmbH
Kockritzdorrich GmbH
Leverage Media
Mahlab Media
Maggie/Zeeland
McMurry
Media Express Sp. Z.o.o
Meredith Xcelerated Marketing
Moffly Media
Morski Studio Graficzne
MRM Spain
MSP Communications
The newsLink Group
Pace
Pacific+ Custom Publishing
Plate Magazine
The Pohly Company
Publicitas Publishing Pte Ltd.
PR Newswire and Mullen Advertising
RICG
Rodale Grow
Rogers Media
Sanoma Independent Media
Scranton Gillette Communications
Shanghai Source Content
Spafax
sQills
Star Content Studios
Story Worldwide
Sudden Impact Marketing/Partner Marketing Works
T3 Publishing
Time Inc. Content Solutions
TMG Custom Media
Totem Brand Stories
The 628 entries were judged simultaneously in three different markets across the country: New York, Washington D.C. and San Francisco. Submissions included magazines, newsletters, websites, blogs, Apps and videos, published for clients from a wide range of industries: tourism, travel, technology, automotive, health, retail and many more.
A peek at some of the contestants: BMW, Audi AG-Canada, Sherwin-Williams, ANA, Warner Brother’s Television, WebMD, Facebook, Bravo, Disney, Verizon Wireless, Kraft, Hannaford, Panera Bread, L’Oreal, Sobeys, Heritage Actions, State Farm, HSBC, TD Ameritrade, Woolworths, Loews, RCI, Geico, Century 21, Amtrak, FedEx, Thai Airways, Singapore Airlines, Renaissance Hotel, and Autograph Collection Hotels.
Television Host and CJR Editor to Present 2012 Awards
NBC Meteorologist Raphael MirandaandColumbia Journalism Review Editor-in-Chief Cyndi Stivers will serve as this year’s presenters. Miranda is a meteorologist for New York Nonstop, a round-the-clock local information and lifestyle digital channel that reaches more than 5.7 million digital households in the nation’s largest television market. He was also a meteorologist from NBC Weather Plus. An acccomplised journalist and editor, Stivers has had a career in just about every platform; newspaper, magazine (including Entertainment Weekly, Conde Nast Traveler and Vanity Fair), TV and online.
The ninth annual Pearl Awards Gala will be held Monday, November 5th at Liberty Theater in New York City. The evening will conclude with the seventh annual John Caldwell Lifetime Achievement Award.
Details about the Pearl Awards Ceremony are available at:
http://www.customcontentcouncil.com/events/2012-pearl-awards
For more information on the CCC, please visit www.customcontentcouncil.com, call 646.695.7055 or email Anna@customcontentcouncil.com.
