Condé Nast Receives Seven Adweek Hot List Awards and Three Readers’ Choice Awards
Today Adweek revealed the winners of its 2014 Hot List Awards and we are excited to share that seven Condé Nast brands received a total of seven Hot List and three Readers’ Choice awards. See what Adweek had to say about our winners below and congratulations to the teams at bonappetit, cntraveler, glamour, gq, newyorker, vogue and wmagazine on these well-deserved honors.
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MAGAZINE PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR
Connie Anne Phillips: VP/publisher, Glamour
“In 2013, when Phillips took charge of Glamour, Condé Nast’s largest title suffered from a flagging ad business and slack newsstand sales, not to mention an identity crisis. While editor in chief Cindi Leive began an editorial makeover under the supervision of Condé Nast artistic director Anna Wintour, Phillips undertook her own overhaul, stressing the title’s all-American optimism. Advertisers took notice. While most of Glamour’s competitive set ended the year down, Phillips was up in ad pages and 7 percent in revenue.”
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HOT LIST WINNERS
Hottest Travel Magazine: Condé Nast Traveler
“After years as Condé Nast’s respectable but not especially exciting travel title, Condé Nast Traveler shook things up in 2014 under the leadership of new editor Pilar Guzman from Martha Stewart Living and publisher Bill Wackermann, who joined from Glamour. With a fresher look, more stylish editorial coverage and an amped-up digital presence, the brand is infinitely more in touch with the modern traveler than ever before.”
Hottest Fashion Magazine: Glamour
“Condé Nast’s biggest property—with a dual overhaul on the edit and business sides, led by EIC Cindi Leive and publisher Connie Anne Phillips—poached Elle creative director Paul Ritter to lead a more fashion-focused redesign, while it boosted careers coverage, hired celebrity contributors like Rashida Jones and Zosia Mamet, and launched a global philanthropic initiative, The Girl Project. The finished product is a magazine that is both elevated in its style sensibility and more in touch with its readers.”
Hottest Thought Leader: The New Yorker
“Condé Nast’s nearly 90-year-old weekly doesn’t rest on its laurels. Under the leadership of editor in chief David Remnick, it unfailingly fascinates with content on every topic imaginable—like a dispatch from Gaziantep, Turkey, alongside a review of the new Wu-Tang Clan album. Publisher Lisa Hughes has mastered the task of producing a profitable weekly thanks to live events like The New Yorker Festival and innovative ad partnerships.”
Hottest Food Magazine: Bon Appétit
“This year brought big changes for Condé Nast’s Bon Appétit, where editor Adam Rapoport and publisher Pamela Drucker Mann added oversight of Epicurious.com to create the Food Innovation Group. The emphasis on digital more than paid off, with BonAppétit.com boasting a 33 percent bump in unique visitors and Epicurious growing audience 110 percent. And total audience across all platforms grew 22 percent between August and October versus last year.”
Hottest Men’s Magazine: GQ
“Condé Nast’s GQ turned in its best performance ever in 2014. The GQ Style issue was the most successful SIP in Condé Nast history (revenue was up 35 percent versus last year’s special) and it becomes biannual next year. The inaugural NFL Style Wars program, with sponsors like Nordstrom and Mercedes-Benz, brought in more than $1 million. And digital video series Casualties of the Gridiron was nominated for an Emmy.”
Hottest Magazine Cover of the Year: Vogue / Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
“Before she and Paper magazine set out to “break the Internet,” Kim Kardashian (with Kanye West) shocked us by landing the cover of Vogue. Love it or hate it, Anna Wintour’s seal of approval paved the way for Kardashian’s transformation into a fashion icon. The April cover inspired spoofs by everyone from James Franco to Miss Piggy, and made Kimye the year’s most talked about couple.”
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READERS’ CHOICE WINNERS
Hottest Magazine in Digital: The New Yorker
“At 90 years old, The New Yorker continues to create content that readers seek out however they can get it. Its digital footprint and traffic has grown so aggressively, the magazine recently launched a metered paywall that limits freeloaders to six articles per month.”
Hottest Magazine on Social Media: The New Yorker
“Clearly a magazine doesn’t have to be youth-oriented to get praise for its social media skills. The New Yorker, with nearly 4 million Twitter followers and 2 million Facebook fans, dominated our reader poll and showed that timeless titles can remain relevant no matter how technology shifts.”
Hottest Design: W
“More than 40 years old, Condé Nast’s fashion title continues to earn praise for its design, which our readers ranked top in the nation.”
