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Best in online and digital publishing announced at COPAs

More than 250 publishers, editors, designers and other publishing pros packed the Gladstone Hotel ballroom Monday night to celebrate the best in editorial-based online and digital publishing at the third annual Canadian Online Publishing Awards.

The awards capped off the first annual COPA+ Digital Publishing Conference, also at the Gladstone, featuring keynote presentations, panels, vendor demonstrations and exhibits.

Among the big winners of the evening were Sparksheet, which dominated the Blue division (Business-to-Business) with seven Gold medals; and Torontoist, leading the pack in the Red division (Consumer) with three Gold medals.

In the Green division (Newspaper and Broadcaster), the accolades were divided among leading titles including The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, National Post, CBC, The Tyee and others.

A full list of finalists, Silver and Gold medal winners follows below.
 
You can follow the blow-by-blow of the evening’s festivities on Twitter by searching #COPAwards.

CBC Radio’s Nora Young, host of the network’s show on culture and technology, Spark, emceed this year’s COPA.

The COPAs are produced by Masthead with the support of the following sponsors:
Gold Sponsors:
The Audit Bureau of Circulations
CCAB division of BPA Worldwide
Publishing Services division of The Cornerstone Group
Silver Sponsor: Mygazines
Bronze Sponsor: Texterity

Please click here to see the full list of winners and finalists.

 

Important Dates
Apr. 28, 2011
— Call for Entries
Jun. 24, 2011
— Entry deadline
Sept. 26, 2011
— COPA nominees announced
Oct. 24, 2011
— COPA winners celebration
2011 Finalists
Photo Gallery
 
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Gold Sponsors
Audit Bureau of Circulations
CCAB
Cornerstone
Silver Sponsor
Bronze Sponsor
Producer
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Speakers
Staffan Ekholm
Staffan Ekholm
CEO, Moving Media+, New York/Stockholm
Geoff Teehan
Geoff Teehan
Co-founder, Teehan+Lax, Toronto; Co-creator, Tweetmag
Bob Atkinson
Bob Atkinson
Publishing Consultant, Digital Monetization Strategies (U.S. and Canada)
Duncan Clark
Duncan Clark
VP Digital Media, National Post, Toronto
Candice Faktor
Candice Faktor
VP Strategy & New Ventures, Torstar Digital
JP Fozo
JP Fozo
GM, Digital, Current Affairs and Business, Rogers Publishing, Toronto
Christopher Frey
Christopher Frey
Editorial Director, TorontoStandard.com
Megan McChesney
Megan McChesney
Executive Editor and Senior Web Producer, Lifestyle, St. Joseph Media Digital
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
Associate Partner,
PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers, Global Entertainment & Media Practice, Toronto
Nora Young
Nora Young
Host, “Spark: Technology and Culture,” CBC Radio 1, Toronto