Six NMG brands, products nominated for global awards
Thursday March 11 2021
NMG chairman Wilfred Kiboro (centre), CEO Stephen Gitagama (left) and Editorial Director Mutuma Mathiu during the launch of Nation.Africa paywall at Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club on February 8, 2021. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG
By COLLINS OMULO
Summary
The biggest media house in East and Central Africa continues with its transformation from a legacy media house to a 21st century digital content company.
NMG is changing its business model from an advertiser-revenue-funded operation to a digital subscriptions company.
Six Nation Media Group (NMG) brands and products have been nominated for global awards just a month after the design of its digital flagship brand, Nation.Africa, was picked as a finalist at the world-renowned International Forum (iF) Design Award 2021.
The Globe and Mail: Sophi.io Announced as INMA Global Media Award Finalist in 5 Categories
TORONTO, March 11, 2021
, The Globe and Mail s artificial intelligence-based optimization and prediction engine, was named a finalist in 5 categories of the Global Media Awards run by the International News Media Association (INMA):
Best Product and Tech Innovation
Best Initiative to Register Users
Best Initiative to Acquire Subscribers
Best Use of Data To Drive Subscriptions, Content, or Product Design
Best Use of Data to Automate or Personalise The INMA Global Media Awards focus on excellence across all areas of the media business, said Phillip Crawley, Publisher and CEO of The Globe and Mail. I m particularly pleased that Sophi for Paywalls fully dynamic, real-time paywall was recognized in 4 categories, and that Sophi s ground-breaking automated print laydown technology was nominated for its use with Naviga and Agderposten.
WATCH: Ashley Judd praises Donât Look Away campaign against GBV
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American actress and activist Ashley Judd, who is recuperating from a horrific accident in the Congo rainforest, has voiced her support for Independent Mediaâs Donât Look Away campaign against gender-based violence and femicide in South Africa.
In an exclusive interview at Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg, Judd praised the award-winning campaign which shines a light on the epidemic of violence against women.
âI understand that there is a wonderful campaign at work at the moment call Donât Look Away and what this means is understand(ing) that femicide is a problem in South Africa and femicide is specifically homicide that takes place against a woman or a girl simply because of the fact that she is a girl.