Bigger, brighter, more innovation and more excellence. This year's British Media Awards is going to be quite a night.
This year's BMA promises to be an extraordinary celebration of the very best business models, products, teams and people who are reinventing the media business and finding new ways to serve audiences, clients and be sustainable.
Future and Dennis lead the way with seven nominations each and Associated Newspapers' Metro is close behind with five.
The BBC, Racing Post, News International, AOL, UBM, RBI, Centaur and Emap are just some of the other publishers, along with leading technical and advertising agencies, who will be fighting it out to take home a gong on 2 May at the Marriott Grosvenor Square in London.
We are, quite simply, bowled over by the breadth and quality of the entries. Thanks to everyone who entered. You can find out all the details of the night, including how to book tickets at britishmediaawards.com.
As we found with our Digital Media Strategies event last week, it's exciting to confirm just how much energy and talent in the professional publishing world. The fact we've added several new categories this year is testament to how fast things are changing and how much what youdo needs celebrating.
So without further ado, here is the shortlist for the 2013 British Media Awards:
Digital Product of the Year
- Grazia iPad app - Bauer
- Racing Post iPhone app - Racing Post
- CarBuyer - Dennis
- Fashion Monitor - Centaur Media
- Olympics Hub - The Times
- Spotlights - Future
- Metro Digital Editions - Metro
Media Product of the Year
- Computer Weekly - TechTarget
- PLN Membership - Procurement Leaders / Sigaria
- ITV News & Sport - Made by Many
- Digital Olympics - BBC
- Connected Red Button - BBC
- Zest - Hearst
- British Journal of Photography - Apptitude Media
Media Marketing Team of the Year
- Racing Post - Racing Post
- Estates Gazette - RBI
- Mollie Makes - Future
- Built Environment - UBM
Media Sales Team of the Year
- InSkin - InSkin Media
- Sales Team -AOL Huffington Post Media Group UK
- Automotive Team - Dennis
- Enterprise Team - Dennis
- Metro Team - Metro
- Sales Team - Dezeen
- Music Team - Future
Launch of the Year
- Reward - Newsquest Specialist Media
- Racing Post iPad - Racing Post
- Popular Science UK - Incisive Media
- Photography Week - Future
- The Wider Image - Reuters
- Steel First - Euromoney
Print Product of the Year
- Weight Watchers Magazine - The River Group
- Guardian Weekly - GMG Media
- Inside the Games - Dunstar Media
- Metro - Metro
- Digital Camera - Future
- Pocket Post - Racing Post
Cross Media Project of the Year
- Cities fit for cycling - The Times
- British Airways - Metro
- Frankel - Racing Post
- Ai Weiwei guest editor - New Statesman
- Multi-Platform audience - PwC
- AEG - Win a shed load of powertools - Paperhat
- ENCODE - Nature
- Dream for Honda - River Group
Media Company of the Year
- AOL
- Dennis Publishing
- Future
- Sigaria Ltd.
- Metro
Media Technology Product of the Year
- Media Engagement & Measurement Engine - Unruly Media
- REVV - Rubicon Project
- ScribbleLive - ScribbleLive
- Open AdStream - Real Media 24/7
- Pugpig - Kaldor Ltd
- Evolok - Evolok
- PageSkin - InSkin Media
Media Editorial Team of the Year
- Men's Fitness - Dennis
- Huffington Post UK - AOL
- British Airways High Life - Cedar Communications -
- Lloyd's List - Informa
- News Programmes Impact - BBC
- Digital Spy -Hearst
- London24 - Archant
Event of the Year
- Eurogamer Expo 2012 - Eurogamer Network
- The TTG Travel Awards 2012 - UBM
- Cake & Bake Show - Cake & Bake
- International Telehealth & Telecare Congress - The Kings Fund
- Procurement Leaders London Forum - Procurement Leaders Network
- Student Nursing Times Awards 2012 - Emap
Rising Star
- Cat Jones, Unruly Media
- Neil Murphy, InSkin
- Stephen Hull, Huffington Post
- Helen Lewis, New Statesman
- Alex Watson, Dennis
- Kimberley Stone, Dennis
- Nadine Woogara, Emap
- Alex Hudson, BBC
- Samantha Book, Future
- Liz McCarthy, Informa
Here's how the shortlist announcement went down on Twitter:
