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Men's Health editor Morgan Rees and Esquire Art Director David McKendrick both picked up awards at the annual British Society of Magazine Editors Awards at the London Hilton. Morgan Rees was awarded the prestigious Editors' Editor of the Year award for Men's Health, and David McKendrick won Consumer Magazine Art Director of the Year for Esquire.
Morgan Rees was also awarded Highly Commended in the Editor of the Year Men's Magazines category, as well as being shortlisted for the Innovation/Brand Building Initiative award. NatMag also had a further nine nominations for Louise Court (nominated for Campaign of the Year for Cosmopolitan), Jeremy Langmead (nominated for Editor of the Year Men's Magazines and Editors' Editor of the Year for Esquire), Elaine Griffiths (nominated for Editor of the Year Special Interest & Current Affairs for Prima Baby), Victoria White (nominated for Editor of the Year Women's Magazines for Company), Lucy Yeomans (nominated for Editor of the Year Women's Magazines for Harper's Bazaar), Michael Butcher (nominated for Editor of the Year Women's Magazines - weekly or fortnightly for Reveal), Alison Hamlett (nominated for The Fiona MacPherson New Consumer Editor of the Year for Triathlete's World), and Tom Usher (nominated for Consumer Magazines Art Director of the Year for Harper's Bazaar).
Arnaud de Puyfontaine, Chief Executive, NatMag comments:
"Before the awards even took place, it was testament to the strength and talent of NatMag's editors that they were nominated 13 times in 9 categories this year. Morgan Rees winning the Editor's Editor award really is a crowning achievement in the meteoric success of Men's Health during 2009, and picking up two awards overall amongst fierce competition proves just how hard our editors are working to produce outstanding magazines."
The BSME Awards are the only UK awards run by magazine editors for magazine editors.
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For further information please contact:
Natalie Earl
Senior PR Executive, National Magazine Company
020 7439 5218, Natalie.earl@natmags.co.uk
Notes to Editors:
About the National Magazine Company
The National Magazine Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hearst established by William Randolph Hearst in 1910.
The business comprises the core wholly owned business, also called the National Magazine Co and interests in two joint ventures. These are partnerships with some of the world's best publishers as follows:
NatMag Rodale:
A 50:50 joint venture with Rodale Inc. of the USA which focuses on health and wellbeing.
COMAG:
A 65:35 joint venture with Conde Nast, one of the UK's largest magazine distributors.
NatMag publishes 20 consumer titles in the UK: Best, Coast, Company, Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolitan Bride, Country Living, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper's Bazaar, House Beautiful, Prima, Prima Baby, Reveal, Real People, SHE, You & Your Wedding, and Zest. The group publishes three magazines, Men's Health, Triathlete's World and Runner's World, through NatMag Rodale.
NatMag also publishes a number of websites for individual magazines as well as handbag.com, allaboutyou.com and www.netdoctor.co.uk, the UK's leading consumer health site.
For more information please log on to www.natmags.co.uk
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