Singapore scores at IFRA Awards

Singapore - Singapore swiped 12 awards at the recent IFRA Asia Media 2008 Awards, with Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) taking 10, and MediaCorp Publishing taking two.

SPH took home two bronzes, two silvers, and six golds, including top honours in the ‘Best in Magazine Overall Design with circulation below 50, 000 copies' category for SPH Magazine's Icon Singapore March 2007 issue.

MediaCorp also won two silvers in the ‘Best in Magazine Cover Design Silver for magazines with circulation over 50,000 copies' with its flagship title i-Weekly 7^th June 2007 issue, and the ‘Best in Special Coverage Award for magazines below 50, 000 copies' category with Celebrating 25 Years of Local Drama.

Held in conjunction with this year's Publish Asia Awards from the 2^nd to the 3^rd of April, the IFRA Asia Media Awards is a contest organised by IFRA Asia to promote high standards of quality and creativity in the publishing industry. This year saw the introduction of new categories to the competition such as ‘Best in Special Coverage' and ‘Best in Newspaper Online Media'.