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AOP: Telegraph wins top AOP award

The Telegraph Media Group scooped the top award at last night's Association of Online Publishers awards.

The Telegraph, which had been shortlisted for 11 awards including four nominations for My Telegraph, was crowned online consumer publisher of the year, beating off competition from The Guardian, The Sun and Emap.

Overall, nine of the 16 prizes up for grabs last night were won by the digital wings of newspaper groups.

The judging panel praised the Telegraph, saying it had lead the way, over the last 12-months, with 'the bravest attempt yet to re-engineer its complete organisation, a restructuring which reflects the importance of its online offering.'

It was also a good night for Trinity Mirror's GazetteLive website, which took both the online consumer website of the year award and the title of best online community.

The site, which was named regional website of the year in industry awards in June, was described by judges as a 'new benchmark for local news sites' and 'a great example of how to make local news real, with relevant interactivity'.

Of the 16 awards up for grabs, The Guardian walked away with three with its weekly Islamophonic programme named as best podcast.

GNM also claimed the innovation prize for Secondfest, a film and music festival in virtual world SecondLife, and best digital creativity prize for its Amis on Blair feature - a multimedia project looking at Tony Blair's last days as Prime minister.

Sun Online won best use of video, pipping Sky to the post, and the design award, while FT.com was named best consumer editorial team.

A full list of the awards, which received a record 320 entries this year, can be found below. The winners of each are highlighted.

Launch

Motors.co.uk  Associated Northcliffe Digital 
BBC Good Food  BBC    
Channel 4oD  Channel 4   
Stylefinder.com  Conde Nast Interactive  
Monkey   Dennis Publishing  
Heatworld.com  Emap    
InStyle Website  IPC Media   
My Telegraph  Telegraph Media Group   

Editorial team – Business

silicon.com  CNET Networks UK
ZDNet.co.uk  CNET Networks UK  
EVENTS:review  EVENTS:review   
Financial News Online E Financial News   
IFAOnline  Incisive Media   
XPertHR   Reed Business Information

Editorial Team – Consumer

FT.com   Financial Times
Manchester Evening News M.E.N. Media 
Telegraph.co.uk  Telegraph Media Group  
The First Post  First Post News Group Ltd   
Gazettelive.co.uk  Trinity Mirror    

Design and Usability

Get Cooking from BBC Food BBC    
Propertyweek.com CMPi Ltd   
Brand Republic  Haymarket Publishing  
ITWeek.co.uk  Incisive Media    
The Sun Online  News Group Newspapers  
My Telegraph  Telegraph Media Group   

Online Advertising Sales Team

Channel 4    
Building   CMPi Ltd    
Conde Nast Interactive 
Guardian News & Media Digital Sales Team
Yachting and Boating World IPC Media
Sift Media  

Innovation

The Nigel Green Recruit Northcliffe Media Ltd & Associated Northcliffe Digital 
CDX   BBC with Preloaded    
SearchMedica  CMPMedica   
Secondfest Festival  Guardian Unlimited   
Talk To Frank  Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions (MSN Messenger Bot)
My Telegraph  Telegraph Media Group

Cross-media project

BBC Sport Ashes Coverage 2006/07 BBC
Play it Again    BBC
Lost Experience    Channel 4
The BAE Files    Guardian News & Media
Insider Business Club   Incisive Media
The Budget    Telegraph Media Group
The Best of MBA in association with IBM Times Media
Gazette Communities   Trinity Mirror

Commercial Partnership

Monkey & Wilkinson Sword  Dennis Publishing 
Emap & Universal McCann Xbox 360 Emap
Future of Food Guardian Unlimited
Mercedes-Benz E-Class: 2000 refinements in 2000 miles Microsoft

Use of video

Get Cooking from BBC Food  BBC
Zurich House of the Future Guardian Unlimited
The Sun Online    News Group Newspapers
Sky News    BSkyB
The Business Show   Telegraph Media Group
VideoJug    VideoJug 

Podcast

Ouch Podcast    BBC 
Islamophonic    Guardian News & Media
Haycasts    Guardian News & Media
Manchester Music Speaks  Photolink Creative Group 
New Scientist Podcast   Reed Business Information
Spector Tapes    Telegraph Media Group 
The Lawyer Podcast   Centaur Communications
Imagine - media for animation professionals Wildfire Communications 

Digital creativity

New Britain    Financial Times
Amis on Blair    Guardian News & Media
Young Professional from Accountancy Age Incisive Media
NME.COM Glastonbury    IPC Media
Telegraph PM    Telegraph Media Group

Online Community

Military Modelling   Magicalia
My Sun     News Group Newspapers
Runnersworld.co.uk   Natmag Rodale Ltd.
My Telegraph    Telegraph Media Group
Southport Communities   Trinity Mirror
Gazette Communities   Trinity Mirror 

Website – business

Building Design    CMPi 
ZDNet.co.uk    CNET Networks UK
Brand Republic    Haymarket Publishing
XpertHR    Reed Business Information
Personnel Today.com   Reed Business Information
WARC.com    World Advertising Research Center

Website - consumer

BBC News Business BBC News
marieclaire.co.uk   IPC Media 
runnersworld.co.uk   Natmag Rodale Ltd.
New Scientist    Reed Business Information
Telegraph.co.uk    Telegraph Media Group
gazettelive.co.uk   Trinity Mirror  

Online publisher – business

CNET Networks UK
E-consultancy
Incisive Media 
PharmiWeb Solutions
Reed Business Information 

Online publisher – consumer

CNET Networks UK
Emap Performance Division
Guardian Unlimited
Sun Online  News Group Newspapers
Telegraph.co.uk
Gazette Media Company   Trinity Mirror

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