Specialist Media Show * Exhibition * Workshops * Conference * Intelligence * Networking * 24 May 2012 ThinkTank Birmingham

The Media Pioneer Awards recognise innovation and entrepreneurial spirit in specialist consumer and b2b media businesses.  We’re delighted to welcome Audience Media as sponsor for the 2012 Awards.

Now in their third year, the Media Pioneer Awards celebrate the inventiveness, energy and ambition of niche publishers, who often embrace new ideas and technology in print, digital media and events before larger media organisations.

The 2011 award winners were:

• Songlines, the world music publisher, for their partnerships with Amazon and itunes
• Advanstar’s Chromatography market for their innovative online community, digital magazine and e-learning service
• K9 magazine, for their digital magazine subscriptions and repackaging of content
• Stylist Network, for their live events and online networking for female entrepreneurs

The 2012 shortlist so far includes:

• LOOP digital media for their global P1 app which they built in-house
• Factory for their MPORA gear ecommerce site
• Total Telecom for launching global events and digital publications
• Precious Online for building a community and events

Read about all the Media Pioneers

Nominations are still open for 2012, with shortlisted businesses being featured on the show website and InPublishing.   Contact carolyn@thespecialistmediashow.com  for more details.

Judging takes place in May, with winners announced and awards presented in the conference theatre at the show on 24 May 2012.

Audience Media reflect the values of the Media Pioneer Awards. They provide an innovative and flexible web-based SaaS content management system that publishers can use to create, manage and publish content, advertising and subscriptions across print, web, mobile and tablet, social media and other platforms, and, amongst other capabilities, manage their digital assets and reader data across all channels. Audience Media’s solution is designed to suit the needs of niche publishers and  with low set-up fees (which includes development or redevelopment of the website and apps), it is available on an affordable and all inclusive monthly subscription fee, and can grow as the publishers’ business expands.

Audience Media will offer winners of the Media Pioneers Awards a free project build for one of their brands, which will include the design and build of the CMS, new website, native HTML5 iPad app and a free 3 months trial.

Audience Media will be running a free workshop on multi-platform publishing at the Specialist Media Show.

Register free online now to be the first to see the workshop schedules and reserve your free place.

For more information, or to book a personalised online demo, contact cobus.heyl@audiencemedia.com

Tel 0207 193 9262 mob 0780 565 0976