2009 EPpy Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2009 EPpy Awards, the competition sponsored by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek magazines, were announced this afternoon during a luncheon ceremony during the annual Interactive Newspaper Conference and Trade Show in New Orleans. Web site of the Boston Globe, the newspaper whose future was still in doubt until early Wednesday morning, took home two of the five awards for which it was a finalist: Best Sports Blog, (for Globe sportswriter Tony Massarotti’s blog, “Mazz”); and Best Entertainment Web Site (with more than one million unique monthly visitors), a category in which its two finalists, Boston.com/ThingsToDo and Boston.com/ae (Arts & Entertainment), tied for the win. Boston.com had two of the three finalists in the latter category.The Las Vegas Sun scored two category wins, for Best Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site (with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors); and Best Web Special Feature -- News or Event (with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors) for its “History of Las Vegas” entry.ESPN also took home two category wins, for Best Network TV/Cable-Affiliated Web Site and Best Sports Web Site (with more than one million unique monthly visitors).CNN racked up two wins as well: Best News/Politics Blog, for its “Political Ticker,” and Best News Web Site (with more than one million unique monthly visitors).The newspaper winners included USA Today, for which its “Today in the Sky” won for Best Business Blog; Baltimore City Paper, for Best Weekly Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site (Citypaper.com); the Arizona Daily Star, for Best News Web Site (with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors; and The Wall Street Journal Online, for Best Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site with more than one million unique monthly visitors.In all, 97 finalists were named in 32 categories, including one new category: The Best Consumer Technology Blog, won by AOL property Engadget.com.The 2009 EPpy Awards mark the 14th consecutive year of the program, which honors the best Web sites in the media world, including newspapers, TV/cable, radio and magazines. Nearly 400 entries were submitted for this year’s competition, which were evaluated by nearly 50 judges.The 2009 EPpy Award Winners: Best Business Blog Today in the Sky, USA TODAYBest Business Web Site with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors ChicagoBusiness.comBest Business Web Site with more than one million unique monthly visitors BusinessWeek.comBest Classified Web Site with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors USA4SALE Networks, Inc.Best Community Service Application in a Media-Affiliated Web Site with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors Jacksonville.comBest Community Service Application in a Media-Affiliated Web Site with more than one million unique monthly visitors Parkersburg tornado map, DesMoinesRegister.comBest Consumer Technology Blog Engadget.comBest Design of a Web Site with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors PrepZone, naplesnews.comBest Design of a Web Site with more than one million unique monthly visitors About.comBest Entertainment Blog BiteClub, The Press DemocratBest Entertainment Web Site with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors Las Vegas Weekly, Greenspun Interactive Best Entertainment Web Site with over one million unique monthly visitors (TIE) Boston.com Things To DoBoston.com Arts & EntertainmentBest Local TV/Cable-Affiliated Web Site Tv3.catBest Network TV/Cable-Affiliated Web Site ESPN.comBest National Magazine-Affiliated Web Site Entertainment Weekly's EW.comBest Radio-Affiliated Web Site American RadioWorks from American Public Media, americanradioworks.orgBest News/Politics Blog The CNN Political Ticker, CNN.comBest News Web Site with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors Arizona Daily Star, azstarnet.comBest News Web Site with more than one million unique monthly visitors CNN.comBest College Newspaper Web Site The Temple NewsBest Weekly Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site Baltimore City Paper, Citypaper.comBest Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors Las Vegas Sun, Greenspun InteractiveBest Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site with more than one million unique monthly visitors The Wall Street Journal Online, WSJ.comBest Sports Blog “Mazz” (Tony Massarotti's sports blog), Boston GlobeBest Sports Web Site with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors mchenrycountysports.comBest Sports Web Site with more than one million unique monthly visitors ESPN.comBest Use of Video in a Media-Affiliated Web Site with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors Hurricane Gustav Weather Chat, wwltv.comBest Use of Video in a Media-Affiliated Web Site with more than one million unique monthly visitors Mercury News Video Stories, mercurynews.comBest Web Special Feature -- Enterprise, with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors The Promise Audit, NationalJournal.comBest Web Special Feature -- Enterprise, with more than million unique monthly visitors NYTimes.com, "Kremlin Rules"Best Web Special Feature -- News or Event, with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors Las Vegas Sun -- History of Las Vegas, Greenspun InteractiveBest Web Special Feature -- News or Event, with more than million unique monthly visitors Talking to the Taliban, globeandmail.com

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