Variety.com Named Finalist in Internet News Site Awards
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on Apr. 8, 2003
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Update: Variety didn’t win: LJWorld.com did. But losing to them is a great honor—like making it to the end of a video game but succumbing to the big boss. We were also competitors in the categories of “Best Internet Business Service (less than 1 million unique visitors)” and “Best Internet Entertainment Service (less than 1 million unique visitors)” but not “finalists” perhaps because there were not enough competitors. We also didn’t quite win in those, but I must assume we came in second 
On Friday, Variety.com was named one of four finalists for best overall newspaper site with less than 1,000,000 monthly visitors in the 2003 EPpy Awards competition.
Variety is, as far as I can tell, the only entirely paid-subscription site to be nominated in any category.
Says the release: “The EPpy Awards, which are now in their eighth year, identify and honor the best work in the Internet field by media outlets, including newspapers, radio, and broadcast/cable TV. EPpy winners will be announced at the Interactive Media Conference and Trade Show, May 7-9, 2003 at the Paradise Point Resort in San Diego.
“The 2003 EPpy Awards competition, which attracted more than 400 entries this year, is sponsored by Editor & Publisher (E&P) and MediaWeek magazines.”
CATEGORY:
Best Overall Newspaper-affiliated Internet service with monthly unique visitors < 1 million
www.Variety.com - Variety
www.NewsOK.com - News 9 and The Oklahoman
www.capecodonline.com - Cape Cod Online
www.gomemphis.com - The Commercial Appeal
This is pretty exciting for me, and is the third significant award Variety has won in the past year.
