|
The award was presented by the Mr. Ho
Kwon Ping, the chairman of
Singapore-based MediaCorp, to Mr.
Narayanan Suresh, Group Editor,
BioSpectrum Asia during the Asian
Publishing Convention held at
Singapore last week.
Mr. Pradeep Gupta, Chairman of
CyberMedia, publisher of BioSpectrum
Asia said, "BioSpectrum Asia won
the award for its innovating and
path-breaking business model that
helped it scale new benchmarks and
become a sustainable venture within
two years."
The Asian Publishing Awards 2008
received 203 entries from 79
publishing companies in 22 countries.
BioSpectrum Asia won the excellence
award for developing business models
that exploit multimedia opportunities
while understanding the role of
content and changing consumer
preferences.
BioSpectrum Asia was launched from
Singapore in March 2006. It covers
life sciences news from countries in
Asia-Pacific and is delivered in
multiple formats--- a monthly print
magazine, a fortnightly digital
magazine, daily electronic newsletter
and website. It has achieved new
benchmarks in terms of readers, page
views and visitors.
BioSpectrum Asia from Singapore is
the first Indian magazine title to be
published from outside the country for
a global audience.
About Asian Publishing Awards:
The Asian Publishing Awards (APA)
are Asia's premier Awards that
recognize the best publishing
practices in Asia. they incorporate
the Asian Magazine Management Awards,
Asian Book Publishing Awards, and
Asian Corporate Communications Awards
About BioSpectrum Asia:
BioSpectrum Asia first started as a
business magazine with an objective to
create a platform for the growing life
science industry in the Asia-Pacific
region. The magazine is published,
printed and distributed from Singapore
by CyberMedia.
About Cybermedia
Cybermedia is South Asia's first
and largest specialty media house,
with fifteen publications (including
Dataquest, DQ Channels and DQ Week,
PCQuest, Voice&Data, Global Services
and Dare) in the infotech, telecom,
consumer electronics, biotech and
entrepreneurial areas, and is a media
value chain including Internet (www.ciol.com),
events and television. The group's
media services include market research
(IDC India), content management,
multimedia, and media education.
CyberMedia also publishes
BioSpectrum Asia from Singapore and
Global Services from the USA, the
first Indian magazine titles to be
published from outside the country for
a global audience.
For media queries, please contact:
At Strategic Communications and PR
Sanjiv Kataria
+ 91 98100 48095
Email: 'sanjiv dot kataria at gmail dot com'
|
