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 awards ceremony will take place in Vienna during the European Publishing Congress June 6–8, 2021 at Schönbrunn Palace. Get your ticket here.
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.Winner:
Dennik NN Press (Slovakia)
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.
Winner:
Media Pioneer Publishing(Germany)
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.Winner:
Wann die AfD gewinnt – und verliertFunke Media Group (Germany)
Der Amoklauf von Winnenden – 10 Jahre danach
Stuttgarter Zeitung und Nachrichten (Germany)
STERN: Organ Donation – The last gift of a person who had no chance any more
Gruner + Jahr (Germany)
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.Winner:
Steingarts Morning Briefing PodcastMedia Pioneer Publishing (Germany)
Product & Usability
Digital publishing at its best: Showcasing excellent and user-centric publishing products which support the underlying editorial strategy and business approach.Winner:
E-Paper Der StandardVisiolink (Denmark)
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.Winner:
Boing AppTurner (Italy)
Mein schöner Garten – Vom Printmagazin zur Content- und E-Commerce-Plattform
Hubert Burda Media (Germany)
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.Winner:
Tagesspiegel CheckpointVerlag Der Tagesspiegel (Germany)
glomex
glomex (Germany)
Audience Marketing
This categorie is for successful methods and campaigns for attracting users to a digital platform. Please describe challenges and results.Winner:
“Wisst Ihr Noch?”Cormes (Germany)
Il Tempo delle Donne Festival
RCS Mediagroup (Italy)
Tools
The category focusses on tools which support digital publishing products – like Targeting, Analytics, CMS, Payment etc.Winner:
Content Mining mit Topic-ModellingFunke Media Group (Germany)
ZREALITY – The world’s first Content Management Platform to make Brands come alive in Augmented and Virtual Reality with WebXR
ZREALITY (Germany)
Brand Solutions
Enhancing the value added chain successfully by using innovative approaches like Content Marketing or Native Advertising.Winner:
24 sata native24 sata (Croatia)
Podcast
Best use of podcast within editorial digital media.Winner:
STERN: Faking HitlerGruner + Jahr (Germany)
Jury
Jochen Wegner
Editor-in-chief
Zeit Online
Magdalena Balanicka
Board Member
Forum Media Polska
Dominik Grau
Managing Director
Beuth Verlag
Hege Yli Melhus Ask
Group CEO
NHST Media Group
Tobias Köhler
Head of Strategy and Innovation
SWMH
Thomas Hofbauer
Head of Media / Digital
Salzburger Nachrichten
Nora Beckershaus
Chief Innovation Officer
Storymachine
Jan-Eric Peters
CEO / Editor-in-chief
Upday
Carsten Erdmann
Editor-in-chief
Funke
Niddal Salah-Eldin
Deputy Editor
dpa
Daniel Torka
CEO
NPG digital
Anders Heering
CEO and Editor-in-chief
Watchmedier
Martin Zimper
Head of Audiovisual Media
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
Astrid Deilmann
Head of Digital Communication
WWF Deutschland
Florian Harms
Editor-in-chief
T-Online
Marc Bartl
Editor-in-chief