RECORD OF THE DAY MUSIC JOURNALISM AND PR AWRDS 2007
Thank you to all of you who attended our wonderful Music Journalism and PR Awards last night in London’s Soho. It really was a fantastic night. Check here later for pictures from the evening, but in the meantime, here’s a list of all the winners.
You also might like to check out a small three-minute video, showing you what each of our winners won last night. And they say there’s no future in records….!
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THE WINNERS
Live Reviews writer of the year
Winner:
Sophie Heawood– The Guardian
Runner-up: Alexis Petridis – The Guardian
Shorlisted: Betty Clarke – The Guardian / Joe Shooman – The Fly / Lisa Verrico – The Times
Best Music Coverage In A Consumer Publication
Winner:
Time Out
Runner-up: Dazed & Confused
Shortlisted: Big Issue / GQ / Teletext
Best PR campaign for a breakthrough UK act
Winner:
Six07 for Kate Nash
Runner-up: Jamie T
Shortlisted: Bat For Lashes / Gallows / Klaxons
Best PR campaign for an established UK
Winner:
EMI for Roisin Murphy
Runner-up: Amy Winehouse
Shorlisted: LCD Soundsystem / MIA / Take That
Record reviews writer of the year
Winner:
Alexis Petridis – The Guardian
Runner-up: Betty Clarke – The Guardian
Shorlisted: Kitty Empire – The Observer / Pete Paphides – The Times / Jacqui Swift – The Sun
Best Music Coverage in a National Newspaper
Winner:
The Guardian
Runner-up: The Observer
Shorlisted: Guardian Guide / The Independent / The Sun
Music business writer of the year
Winner:
Owen Gibson - Guardian
Runner-up: Adam Sherwin - The Times
Shorlisted: Ben Cardew - Music Week / Eamonn Forde - Five Eight / Paul Sexton - The Times/FT
Best PR campaign for an established non-UK act
Winner:
RMP for Arcade Fire
Runner-up: The White Stripes
Shortlisted: Foo Fighters / My Chemical Romance / Prince
Best PR campaign for a breakthrough non-UK act
Winner:
Toast for CSS
Runner-up: The Gossip
Shorlisted: Beirut / Cold War Kids / Seasick Steve
Best Podcast:
Winner:
Guardian Music Weekly
Runner-up: The Times
Shortlisted: Drowned in Sound / The Sun / Xfm
Best Editor
Winner:
Casper Llewellyn Smith – Observer Music Monthly
Runner-up: Simon Harper - Clash
Shorlisted: Mark Ellen – The Word / Conor McNicholas - NME / Andrew Harrison – Mixmag
Best Independent PR Company
Winner
: Purple
Runner-up: Dog Day
Shortlisted: Coalition / Darling Department / Toast
Best Independent PR individual
Winner:
Amanda Freeman, Freeman PR
Runner-up: David Silverman - Outpost
Shortlisted: Polly Birkbeck - Complete Control / Ruth Drake - Toast / Tony Linkin – Coalition
Best Free Music Magazine
Winner:
Stool Pigeon
Runner-up: The Fly
Shortlisted: London Tour Dates / One Week To Live / Vice
Best Online Music Publication
Winner:
Drowned In Sound
Runner-up: Popjustice
Shortlisted: Gigwise / Guardian Music online / NME.com
Best in-house PR person
Winner:
Susie Ember - Virgin
Runner-up: Richard Dawes - Polydor
Shortlisted: Rachel Hendry - Mercury / Julie Smith - Columbia / Rich Walker- Beggars
Best In-House PR department
Winner:
Beggars
Runner-up: EMI
Shortlisted: Domino / Island / Polydor
Popular Press: Best Journalist
Winner:
Jacqui Swift – Sun Something For The Weekend
Runner-up: Gavin Martin - Mirror Ticket
Shortlisted: Simon Cosyns - Sun Something For The Weekend / Kim Dawson - Star Playlist / Adrian Thrills - Daily Mail
Breaking Music Journalist
Winner: Peter Robinson – Pop Justice
Runner-up: Mike Diver - Drowned In Sound
Shortlisted: Dan Cairns - The Times / Niall Doherty - The Fly / Krissi Murisson – NME
Artist and Music Features: Writer of the Year
Winner:
Matilda Egere-Cooper – The Independent
Runner-up: Alexis Petridis – The Guardian
Shortlisted: Stevie Chick - Freelance / Tim Jonze – NME / Peter Robinson - Popjustice
Popular Press: Best Music Section
Winner:
The Sun Something For The Weekend
Runner-up: Star Playlist
Shortlisted: Express Friday Review / Mirror The Ticket / The Sun – Bizarre
Music Magazine of the Year
Winner:
Word
Runner-up: Observer Music Monthly
Shortlisted: Clash / NME / Mojo
Outstanding contribution to music journalism:
David Hepworth and Mark Ellen
Outstanding contribution to PR
Bernard Doherty, LD Communications
Outstanding contribution to music photography:
Roger Sargeant