Fast Company Wins Folio: Gold Ozzie Award for Best Business Magazine and Silver Eddie Award for Best Overall Consumer Magazine Design

Business Wire, Oct 24, 2006

2006 Folio: Awards Recognize Excellence In Editorial Achievement And Magazine Design

NEW YORK -- Fast Company magazine today announced that it has won the Folio: Gold Ozzie award (i.e., first prize) for "Best Consumer Business Magazine" and the Folio: Silver Eddie award (i.e., second prize) for "Best Overall Design" of a consumer magazine. The awards were presented Sunday, Oct. 22 at a gala awards dinner hosted by Folio: and convened more than 500 magazine industry professionals at New York's Cipriani 42nd Street.

2006 Eddie Awards finalists for BEST CONSUMER BUSINESS MAGAZINE in the Banking/Business/Finance category included:

* Black Enterprise magazine

* Fast Company magazine

* FORTUNE magazine

2006 Ozzie Awards finalists for BEST OVERALL DESIGN of a consumer magazine included:

* Fast Company magazine

* POL Oxygen magazine

* Portland Monthly magazine

* The FADER magazine

The 2006 Folio: Awards Gala Dinner recognizes magazines for their excellence in editorial and design. The Awards are presented by Folio: magazine, the definitive source of industry trends and news of those magazine enterprises that are creatively serving readers.

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