Network World Wins 1997 Ozzie Award for Excellence in Magazine Design

Business Wire, Nov 12, 1997

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 1997--Network World, the leading newsweekly of enterprise network computing, continuing its mission of editorial excellence, has been honored with a prestigious 1997 Ozzie Award. The Ozzie Awards for Excellence in Magazine Design are presented by Folio: magazine annually during the Celebration of Excellence Gala. Awards were presented Wednesday, October 29th at Manhattan's famous Supper Club.

Network World won a Silver Ozzie award for Best Table of Contents, Trade Publication. Architecture Magazine won the gold in the category, a testament to the high quality publications in the running. Folio: magazine's November 15, 1997 issue will highlight this year's recipients.

"This year the competition was fierce and judging difficult," said Christina Ciavola Dochtermann, Publishing Group Show Director for Cowles Event Management. "Of the 1,100 entrants, winners were chosen in 39 categories by a national panel of industry experts."

"We are pleased to be recognized for our excellence and creativity," commented John Gallant, Editor in Chief, Network World. "The Network World art department continues to demonstrate creative leadership in this industry, and those individuals deserve the recognition."

In the recent past, Network World has been honored for its outstanding editorial achievements at the Annual Computer Press Awards, received Jesse H. Neal Editorial Achievement Awards, won Folio: magazine's Editorial Excellence Award for the IT Trade Category, and won multiple awards from the American Society of Business Press Editors.

Network World (http://www.nwfusion.com), an International Data Group (IDG) publication, is the industry's only newsweekly shaping the future of network computing in the enterprise. Through its publishing, education, software and online products and services, Network World empowers Network IS professionals with the knowledge to deliver the open applications and infrastructure required to meet their evolving business needs.

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