7th Annual Asia Media Awards 2008
- IFRA presents Asia’s best publications
Held in conjunction with
Publish Asia from 2-3,
April 2008, the 7th Annual
Asia Media Awards competition
was the most sought-after event.
This prestigious contest was
organised by IFRA Asia to
promote the highest standards of
quality and creativity in the
publishing industry. The awards
were conferred to the winners
during a gala dinner at the MGM
Grand, Macau, Special
Administrative Region of China.
Hundreds of newspapers and
magazines in the Asia Pacific
region and the Middle East have
taken part over the past seven
years. This year, a record number
of more than 520 entries for all
categories were received from the
Asia Pacific region and the
Middle East, a sign that
newspapers are aiming at
increasingly higher standards of
print quality and journalism. The
overall outstanding level of quality
of these entries demonstrates that
the Asian publishing industry is
indeed in a very healthy state.
This year’s winners in different
categories included
Asian Newspaper Color Quality
Awards 2008: Category
1- weekday circulation below 80,000
copies – Gold award won by The
Business Times, Singapore Press
Holdings Ltd; Silver by Berita Harian,
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd; and
Bronze by The Maharashtra Herald,
Sakaal Paper Ltd. In category 2 -
weekday circulation of 80,000 –
200,000 copies – Gold award was
won by Lianhe ZaoBao, Singapore
Press Holdings Ltd; Silver by Guang
Ming Daily, Sin Chew Media
Corporation Bhd; and Bronze by
Gulf News, Al Nisr Publishing LLC.
And in category 3, weekday
circulation over 200,000
copies – Gold award was won by
The Asahi Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun
Co Ltd; Silver by Hindustan, HT
Media Ltd; and Bronze by Hindustan
Times, HT Media Ltd.
Best in Design Award: Category 1,
Best in Newspaper Design
(circulation below 100,000 copies)
Gold Award was won by Sunday
Morning Post, South China
Morning Post Publishers Ltd; Silver
by Al Ghad Newspaper, Jordan
United Press; and Bronze by Sing
Tao Daily, Sing Tao News
Corporation Ltd – Art Department.
In circulation over 100,000 copies,
the winners were South China
Morning Post, South China
Morning Post Publishers Ltd –
Gold; MINT, HT Media Ltd - Silver;
and Ming Pao, Ming Pao
Newspapers Ltd - Bronze.
In Best in Magazine Overall Design
(circulation below 50,000 copies)
category the winners were Icon
Singapore (March 2007), SPH
Magazines Pte Ltd - Gold; dpi-
Design Popular Imagination
Magazine vol.104, Handsome
Technology Co, Ltd - Silver; Cake
Vol.1, Revolution Press Pte Ltd -
Bronze. In circulation over 50,000
copies category, Gold award was
bagged by GADIS Magazine, PT
Gaya Favorit Press.
In Best in Magazine Cover Design
(circulation below 50,000 copies)
category, the winners were Imagine
Magazine, Sesame Seed Creatives
Inc - Gold; Cake Vol 1, Revolution
Press Pte Ltd - Silver; and Home
Journal, Edipresse Asias - Bronze.
And in circulation over 50,000
copies category, the winners were
U Magazine, Hong Kong Economic
Times Holdings - Gold; I Weekly
(June 2007); MediaCorp Publishing
Pte Ltd - Silver, TIME, Time Asia
(Hong Kong) Limited – Bronze.
In Best in Newspaper Front Page
(circulation below 100,000 copies)
category, the winners were Sunday
Morning Post, South China
Morning Post Publishers Ltd - Gold,
Shanghai Daily - Silver; Al Ghad
Newspaper, Jordon United Press -
Bronze; and Judges’ Special
Recognition award was bagged by
The Week, Apex Press And
Publishing. In circulation over
100,000 copies category, the
winners were Gulf News, Al Nisr
Publishing LLC - Gold; United Daily
News - Silver; and Rajasthan Patrika,
Rajasthan Patrika Private Ltd –
Bronze.
Best in Newspaper Infographics –
Breaking News (circulation over
100,000 copies) category the winners
were South China Morning Post,
South China Morning Post Publishers
Ltd - Gold; Philippine Daily Inquirer
– Silver; and Apple Daily, Apple Daily
Publication Development Ltd Taiwan
– Bronze.
In Best in Newspaper Infographics –
Non-Breaking News (circulation over
100,000 copies) category, the winners
were The JoongAng Daily News,
JoongAng Sunday, Choi Jong-Yong,
Hotel Airbus A380 – Gold; Apple
Daily, Apple Daily Publication
Development Ltd Taiwan - Silver; and
The New Paper, Singapore Press
Holdings Ltd – Bronze.
Best in Newspaper Supplement
Award (circulation below 100,000
copies) category, all awards i.e.
Gold, Silver, and Bronze were
bagged by Ming Pao, Ming Pao
Newspapers Ltd. In circulation over
100,000 copies category the winners
were The JoongAng Daily News,
JoongAng Ilbo, Cartoon Teenteen
Economics - Gold; Silver and Bronze
were bagged by Ming Pao, Ming
Pao Newspapers Ltd.
Best in Special Coverage
(newspaper special section
circulation below 100,000 copies)
category Sing Tao Daily - 1 July
2007, Sing Tao News Corporation
Ltd, Art Department – Gold; Gulf
News, Al Nisr Publishing LLC –
Silver; Sing Tao Daily - 26 April
2007, Sing Tao News Corporation
Ltd, Art Department, Bronze; and
Judges’ Special Recognition award
was bagged by The Jakarta Post
(Youth Speak), PT Bina Media
Tenggara.
In circulation over 100,000 copies,
Mint, HT Media Limited won Gold;
Joongang Ilbo Sunday, Special
Report, The Joong-Ang Daily
News - Silver; South China
Morning Post, South China
Morning Post Publishers Ltd and
The Straits Times, Singapore Press
Holdings Ltd won Bronze award.
Best in Special Coverage: category
2, Magazine Special Issue
(circulation below 50,000 copies)
Off The Edge – Merdeka 50 years,
The Edge Communications Sdn
Bhd won Gold; Celebrate 25 Years
of Local Drama, MediaCorp
Publishing Pte Ltd won Silver; and
WestEast Magazine - Issue No 22,
WestEast Publishing Ltd won
Bronze. And in circulation over
50,000 copies, the winners were U
Magazine, Hong Kong Economic
Times Holdings – Gold; and Ming
Pao, Ming Pao Newspapers Ltd –
Silver.
Best in Online Media: category 1
(circulation below 100,000 copies)
www.shanghaidaily.com, Shanghai
Daily won Gold; and
www.alghad.jo, Jordan United Press
won Silver. In category 2 for
circulation over 100,000 copies, The
Stomp Team, Singapore Press
Holdings Ltd won Gold;
www.smh.com.au , Fairfax Digital
Australia & New Zealand Pty Ltd
won Silver; and http://1-
apple.com.tw, Apple Daily
Publication Development Ltd
Taiwan won Bronze. And Judges’
Special Recognition award was
bagged by www.inquirer.net,
Inquirer Interactive, Inc and
scmp.com, South China Morning
Post Publishers Ltd.
Best in Photojournalism Award:
category 1, News Photography –
General News, Himanshu Vyas of
HT Media Ltd won Gold award;
Ming Pao, Ming Pao Newspapers
Ltd won Silver; and Jake C.
Salavador, Manila Bulletin
Publishing Corp won Bronze.
In News Photography – Spot
News category, Lim Wui Liang of
The Straits Times, Singapore
Press Holdings Ltd won Gold;
Linus G. Escandor II of Manila
Bulletin Publishing Corp won
Silver; Dhiraj Singh of Diligent
Media Corporation Ltd won
Bronze.
In Feature Photography category,
Gold was bagged by Bob Lee
Keng Siang – My Paper,
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd,
Silver by Alan Lim – The Straits
Times, Singapore Press Holdings
Ltd; and Bronze by Ricky Chung
South China Morning Post
Publishers Ltd.
In Sports Photography category,
Gold was bagged by Kent
Blechynden, The Dominion Post;
Silver by Satish Bate, HT Media
Ltd; and Bronze by Dustin Shum,
South China Morning Post
Publishers Ltd.
In Best Newspaper Photographer
category, Kent Blechynden, The
Dominion Post won Gold; Phil
Reid, The Dominion Post won
Silver; Ho Chang Teng, Apple
Daily Publication Development Ltd
Taiwan won Bronze; and Judges’
Special Recognition award was
bagged by Ritesh Uttamchandani,
HT Media Ltd.
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