NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Times won three accolades for its Web sites and
USA Today won two as the "EPpy Awards" were announced Thursday.
Also among the 13th annual EPpy Awards for media Web sites, from Editor &
Publisher and Mediaweek magazines, was one for The Associated Press for its
Katrina recovery coverage.
The Times' DealBook won for best business blog, while the general news site
NYTimes.com was lauded as the best news Web site and best overall
newspaper-affiliated site among those with more than 1 million unique monthly
visitors.
USAToday.com was crowned best sports Web site with more than 1 million
visitors and its Pop Candy was named best entertainment blog overall.
Judges received more than 450 nominees in 36 categories from nearly 100
outlets. In many cases, sites with more than 1 million unique monthly visitors
competed separately from less-trafficked sites.
The AP won for special enterprise feature in a Web site with more than 1
million visitors, while the Web site for The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post got honors
among smaller sites for its coverage of "Diabetes: The Invisible Epidemic."
For special news or event feature, the Web site for the Star Tribune of
Minneapolis-St. Paul won among larger sites for its coverage of last August's
highway bridge collapse. The award for smaller sites went to The Oklahoman's
NewsOK.com for "Oklahoma Centennial."
The contest was open to news organizations, Internet service providers,
colleges and universities.
Cars.com won for best classified Web site with more than 1 million visitors,
while The FanHouse from Time Warner Inc.'s AOL was named best sports blog.
Metromix.com won for best overall design among smaller sites.
The best college newspaper Web site went to The Daily Reveille of Louisiana
State University.
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