Digiday Media Awards

The Digiday Media Awards, formerly the Digiday Publishing Awards, recognize the companies working to modernize digital media. Over the years, the awards have honored industry-leading work from The New York Times, Dotdash Meredith, PopSugar and more.

To access everything you’ll need to join the ranks of our past winners including our entry kit, expert tips on crafting a winning entry and past coverage of this program, click here.

Entries have closed. Sign up below to receive the shortlist announcement.

Key Dates

  • Entries closed: Mar 15, 2024
  • Announcements coming

Subscribe for updates

Sign up to receive reminders about deadlines, tips on entering, recommendations on categories and more.

Categories

  • Best use of Emerging Tech

    Awarding the best use of immersive technology in a campaign, including but not limited to, AR, VR, Metaverse, or NFT.

  • Best Commerce Strategy

    Awarding the commerce strategy that has most successfully achieved set goals.

  • Best Editorial Video Series

    Awarding the editorial video series that has most successfully achieved set goals.

  • Best Story

    Awarding the best single editorial article created by a newsroom for the reader.

  • Best Ad Tech Platform

    Awarding the ad tech platform that has most successfully achieved set goals.

  • Best Editorial Package

    Awarding the best editorial package created by a newsroom.

  • Best Newsletter

    Awarding the newsletter that has been most successful in achieving set goals.

  • Best Brand Partnership - B2B

    Awarding a B2B brand/publisher partnership that has successfully promoted a brand, product or service.

  • Best Brand Partnership - B2C

    Awarding a B2C brand/publisher partnership that has successfully promoted a brand, product or service.

  • Best Branded Content Program - B2B

    Awarding the most outstanding B2B branded content program created by a publisher.

    Last Winner:
    Billboard & Samsung
  • Best Branded Content Program - B2C

    Awarding the most outstanding B2C branded content program created by a publisher.

  • Best Event

    Awarding the virtual, hybrid and/or live event that most successfully achieved set goals.

  • Best Video Platform

    Awarding the video platform that has most successfully helped publishers achieve set goals.

    Last Winner:
    STN Video, Inc.
  • Best use of Social

    Awarding a social media strategy that has most successfully achieved set goals.

    Last Winner:
    Billboard & Samsung
  • Best use of Video

    Awarding the video strategy that most successfully achieved set goals.

  • Best Podcast

    Awarding a podcast that has most successfully achieved set goals.

  • Best Publisher Platform

    Awarding a technology that is most successful in helping publishers achieve set goals.

    Last Winner:
    DoubleVerify
  • Best use of Audience Insights

    Awarding a strategy that has successfully deployed audience insights to grow set KPIs.

  • Best Custom Advertising

    Awarding non-standard advertising options that best serve user experience and commercial goals.

  • Best First-Party Data Strategy

    Awarding the best strategy for collecting and organizing first-party data.

    Last Winner:
    ActionIQ
  • Best Subscription or Membership Product

    Awarding a paid subscription/membership product that has most successfully achieved set goals.

    Last Winner:
    The Economist Group
  • Best Digital Product Innovation

    Awarding the digital product innovation that best enhanced user experience and improved content or ad delivery.

    Last Winner:
    First Media
  • Best Video Distribution and Programming Strategy

    Awarding the video distribution and programming strategy that has most successfully achieved set goals.

  • Editorial Team of the Year

    Awarding the editorial team that has delivered the highest quality reporting.

    Last Winner:
    In The Know by Yahoo
  • Video Team of the Year

    Awarding the video team that has produced the highest quality video and visual journalism.

    Last Winner:
    PinkNews
  • Content Studio of the Year

    Awarding the in-house content team that has successfully achieved set goals via innovative and engaging production and distribution.

    Last Winner:
    Vox Creative
  • Most Engaged Community

    Awarding the publisher that has consistently achieved high audience engagement and a strong sense of community.

  • Best Contextual Targeting Offering

    Awarding the contextual advertising offering that is most effective in helping clients achieve business objectives.

    Last Winner:
    AccuWeather
  • Media Brand of the Year

    Awarding the media brand that has been most strategic, knowledgeable and effective in achieving their goals.

    Last Winner:
    Apartment Therapy
  • Media Company of the Year

    Awarding a media holding company that best displays original thinking, creativity and overall excellence in its approach to media.

    Last Winner:
    The Atlantic

Judges

  • Ara Kurnit
    VP, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY, ADVERTISING
    THE NEW YORK TIMES
  • Nicholas Stoeckle
    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, STRATEGY + INNOVATION
    PPK
  • Jon Wilde
    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, EDITORIAL, CULTURE & INNOVATION
    BDG
  • Drew Elliot
    SVP, GLOBAL CREATIVE DIRECTOR
    MAC COSMETICS
  • Aaron Edwards
    CEO
    THE CHARLES NYC
  • Brad Bosserman
    CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER
    GRID
  • Sharona Meushar
    HEAD OF MARKETING
    CODEFUEL, A PERION COMPANY
  • Jon Lindsay Phillips
    CEO
    PHILLCOMM GLOBAL
  • Justis Kao
    CHIEF OF STAFF
    LOOP MEDIA, INC.
  • Chris Hunter
    VP, MEDIA
    THE ARENA GROUP
  • Melissa Conner
    PARTNER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR
    JENNIFER BETT COMMUNICATIONS
  • Bess Browning
    MEDIA DIRECTOR
    ECHOPOINT MEDIA
  • Anna Hoffman
    EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
    APARTMENT THERAPY MEDIA
  • Sandro Bellini
    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & INSIGHTS
    YAHOO
  • Erika Bennett
    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
    ESSENCE VENTURES
  • James Allen
    CO-FOUNDER & CEO
    MEDIA DISCO
  • Maya Wasserman
    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING –TELEVISION AND VIDEO & SOUND
    SONY ELECTRONICS
  • Claire Russell
    HEAD OF MEDIA
    FITZCO
  • Ryan Gilbert
    VP, DIGITAL MEDIA
    RAIN THE GROWTH AGENCY
  • Lina Renzina
    MEDIA PARTNERSHIPS LEAD, LIFESTYLE AND EDUCATION
    TIKTOK
  • Rich Guest
    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, BRAND AND DIGITAL MARKETING
    IMAX
  • Shruti Samant
    DIGITAL MARKETING LEADER, CPG, BANKING AND TECH
    PROCTER & GAMBLE
  • Krystle Kopacz
    CEO
    REVMADE
  • Ally Holt
    DIRECTOR, AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT & MONETIZATION
    E! NEWS
  • Jason Jahn
    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
    HEARTS & SCIENCE
  • Andrew Herrera
    FOUNDER & CEO
    REMEZCLA
  • Alyson Williams
    SVP, DIGITAL OPERATIONS & STRATEGY
    FORBES
  • Lindsay Garfinkle
    VP, STRATEGY
    MEDIA EXPERTS
  • Zachary Erdmann
    VP OF CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT AND ACQUISITION, TATCHA
    UNILEVER
  • Hasan Ramadan
    GLOBAL HEAD OF DIGITAL ADVERTISING
    EURONEWS
  • Kasha Cacy
    CHIEF MEDIA OFFICER
    KNOWN
  • Jen Simonds
    VP, BRAND STRATEGY AND CONTENT
    NASDAQ
  • Ryan Buckley
    HEAD OF DIGITAL
    HEARST UK

Past Winners

  • Bustle Digital Group
  • BuzzFeed
  • CNN
  • The Dodo
  • Dot Dash
  • The Infatuation
  • Insider Inc
  • Meredith
  • NBC News
  • New York
  • The New York Times
  • Pop Sugar
  • USA Today
  • The Wall Street Journal
  • The Washington Post

Judging Criteria

Judges will be looking for companies or campaigns that can clearly demonstrate success over the past 12 months. Judges are seeking companies or campaigns that have seized challenges and created opportunities and will evaluate entries based on the following criteria: Innovation, Creativity, Consumer Value, Results and Overall.

Judges will require evidence to substantiate all entries. This can include details of financial performance, specific KPIs, creative evidence in the form of a sizzle reel, campaign images, or links to the final project or related sites. The judges will also consider the structure, presentation and clarity of each entry.

Judging Process

Judges will score each entry prompt and consider any supporting materials submitted. After each judge submits their score for the above criteria, the scores of each criteria will then be averaged and then combined to determine an overall score for each entry. The highest scoring entries will appear on the shortlist and winner lists.

Confidentiality

All material will remain confidential to the judges. Only the 'Credits' section of an entry will be made public via the shortlist/winners announcement. If you win a particular category, our team may summarize the entry for shortlist/winner announcements and winners guides.