European Digital Publishing Award
The European Digital Publishing Award welcomes media companies that create and market content-driven products, as well as their suppliers, service partners and service providers. The awarding ceremony will take place at the European Publishing Congress late April 2020 in Vienna.
The deadline for entries is October 2nd, 2019 (Late Deadline: October 17th, 2019).
Categories
European Publishing Platform of the Year /
Digital Publisher of the Year
The category awards a digital platform/brand which is successful, proper and creative in a number of ways – and the publisher behind it. Entries should include a brief description and a clear suggestion why it may become European Digital Platform of the Year. The jury is free to promote entries from other categories to the shortlist.European Start-up
of the Year
This category awards a digital platform or brand which was launched in the past 3 years. A brief description and a clear suggestion why the platform may become European Newcomer of the Year to your entry should be added to the submission. The jury is free to promote entries from other categories to the shortlist.
Digital Storytelling
This categorie is for outstanding stories or columns or bunches of those (e.g. dossier) which make best use of digital characteristic or features from an editorial point of view.Editorial Concept
Most creative approaches in terms of content and style of a digital publishing platform, no matter if stand-alone or part of a brand. Editorial principals should be described, including topics and why the concept worked.Product & Usability
Digital publishing at its best: Showcasing excellent and user-centric publishing products which support the underlying editorial strategy and business approach.Cross Media Approach
The category "Cross Media Approach" awards stunning digital media which create a perfect match with an (existing or new) non-digital product.Mobile
Best of mobile content visualization in terms of design, features, performance, usability. The category is open for mobile-only applications as well as mobile versions of desktop media.Business Model
Driving a digital platform’s revenues on the basis of a deliberate, consequent strategy. Please describe the business model and how it interacts with audience and clients.Audience Marketing
This categorie is for successful methods and campaigns for attracting users to a digital platform. Please describe challenges and results.Social Media Strategy
Deliberate and successful use of Social Media to promote a digital platform or brand. Please describe challenges/goals, mechanism and outcome.Tools
The category focusses on tools which support digital publishing products – like Targeting, Analytics, CMS, Payment etc.
The Winners 2019
Jury

Jochen Wegner
Editor-in-chief

Magdalena Balanicka
Board Member

Dominik Grau
Managing Director

Hege Yli Melhus Ask
Group CEO

Tobias Köhler
Head of Strategy and Innovation

Thomas Hofbauer
Head of Media / Digital

Nora Beckershaus
Chief Innovation Officer

Jan-Eric Peters
CEO / Editor-in-chief

Carsten Erdmann
Editor-in-chief

Niddal Salah-Eldin
Deputy Editor

Daniel Torka
CEO

Anders Heering
CEO and Editor-in-chief

Martin Zimper
Head of Audiovisual Media

Astrid Deilmann
Head of Digital Communication

Florian Harms
Editor-in-chief

Marc Bartl
Editor-in-chief

Sebastian Vesper
Berlin

Tilman Aretz
Managing Director

Sylkia Cartagena
Editorial Director

Michela Colamussi
Marketing Director Digital Product and Video

Christoph Sieder
Head of Corporate Communications

Patrick Horton
Managing Director - Sport & Entertainment

Nina Zimmermann
Chief Product Officer

Boris Trupcevic
CEO