Zinio Wins DPAC Award: "Best Digital Magazine Platform"


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ZINIO WINS DPAC AWARD: “BEST DIGITAL MAGAZINE PLATFORM”
-- VIVmag, Zinio’s first all-digital luxury magazine for women, wins “Best Branded Digital Magazine" –


NEW YORK, December 9, 2009 – Last night during the inaugural DPAC Awards gala, Zinio, the world’s leader in digital-content design and distribution, received the “Best Digital Magazine Platform” award. The ceremony, held at the W, Union Square in New York City, celebrated overall excellence and breakthrough achievement in digital publishing and advertising.

“As we lead the reading revolution, our innovative platform continues to pave the way for dynamic design, enabling us to provide the most enjoyable reading experience,” said Jeanniey Mullen, Global Chief Marketing Officer, who attended the gala. “Equally exciting is that the digital-publishing and advertising industry is recognizing this achievement, as well.”

In addition to Zinio’s winning “Best Digital Magazine Platform,” VIVmag, Zinio’s first all-digital luxury magazine for women, won “Best Branded Digital Magazine.” Finalists included Zinio with Popular Science in the “Best Branded Digital Magazine” category for their collaborative efforts on The PopSci Genius Guide: Home Entertainment (zinio.com/popscientertainment). Last month, Zinio with Popular Science received min's Editorial & Design Award for best "Digital Magazine Edition" for The Green Home Guide (zinio.com/popscigreenhome).

About Zinio:
Zinio is revolutionizing reading. Through digital products and services, the Company creates better ways for people to discover published content, get more of it and do more with it. Zinio works closely with publishers worldwide to reinvent reading. For consumers, Zinio enables the ability to shop for, search inside, read, share and save digital content in new ways and on many devices. With over 50,000 digital magazines and books, and e-stores localized in 15 languages, zinio.com is the largest newsstand in the world. Founded in 2001 and privately held, Zinio is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in New York, London, Paris, Barcelona and Taipei.


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