MG scoops prestigious awards
The Mail & Guardian Online has been named an official honoree by the Webby Awards – widely seen as the Oscars for the Internet – for its online blogging platform Thought Leader and its News in Photos service.
Thought Leader was named an official honoree in the blogging section and the M&G Online photo portal was named official honoree in both the Newspaper category and the Best Use of Photography categories. Thought Leader was also recently names Blog of the Year in the SA Blog awards.
"We are honoured to have received recognition for the hard work that has gone into creating Thought Leader and News in Photos. It is gratifying to be listed in the same company as some of the world's great brands like New York Times, Washingtonpost.com, CNBC and CBS and others," said Matthew Buckland, M&G Online GM.
"The Mail & Guardian Online's social media strategy in 2007 was aggressive, with the development of both blogging aggregators and blogging platforms, Facebook applications and several other Web 2.0 initiatives. We wanted to be leaders in the blogging space and this recognition is confirmation that we're on the right path,” said Vincent Maher, M&G Online strategist.
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