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Record of the Day Music Journalism and PR Awards 2007

Thank you to all of you who attended our wonderful Music Journalism and PR Awards last night in London's Soho. It really was a fantastic night. Check here later for pictures from the evening, but in the meantime, here's a list of all the winners.

You also might like to check out a small three-minute video, showing you what each of our winners won last night. And they say there's no future in records….! click here


Live Reviews writer of the year
Winner: Sophie Heawood– The Guardian
Runner-up: Alexis Petridis – The Guardian

Shorlisted:
Betty Clarke – The Guardian
Joe Shooman – The Fly
Lisa Verrico – The Times

Best Music Coverage In A Consumer Publication
Winner: Time Out
Runner-up: Dazed & Confused

Shortlisted:
Big Issue
GQ
Teletext

Best PR campaign for a breakthrough UK act
Winner: Six07 for Kate Nash
Runner-up: Jamie T

Shortlisted:
Bat For Lashes
Gallows
Klaxons

Best PR campaign for an established UK
Winner: EMI for Roisin Murphy
Runner-up: Amy Winehouse

Shorlisted:
LCD Soundsystem
MIA
Take That

Record reviews writer of the year
Winner: Alexis Petridis – The Guardian
Runner-up: Betty Clarke – The Guardian

Shorlisted:
Kitty Empire – The Observer
Pete Paphides – The Times
Jacqui Swift – The Sun

Best Music Coverage in a National Newspaper
Winner: The Guardian
Runner-up: The Observer

Shorlisted:
Guardian Guide
The Independent
The Sun

Music business writer of the year
Winner: Owen Gibson - Guardian
Runner-up: Adam Sherwin - The Times

Shorlisted:
Ben Cardew - Music Week
Eamonn Forde - Five Eight
Paul Sexton - The Times/FT

Best PR campaign for an established non-UK act
Winner: RMP for Arcade Fire
Runner-up: The White Stripes

Shortlisted:
Foo Fighters
My Chemical Romance
Prince

Best PR campaign for a breakthrough non-UK act
Winner: Toast for CSS
Runner-up: The Gossip

Shorlisted:
Beirut
Cold War Kids
Seasick Steve

Best Podcast:
Winner: Guardian Music Weekly
Runner-up: The Times

Shortlisted:
Drowned in Sound
The Sun
Xfm

Best Editor
Winner: Casper Llewellyn Smith – Observer Music Monthly
Runner-up: Simon Harper - Clash

Shorlisted:
Mark Ellen – The Word
Conor McNicholas - NME
Andrew Harrison – Mixmag

Best Independent PR Company
Winner: Purple
Runner-up: Dog Day

Shortlisted:
Coalition
Darling Department
Toast

Best Independent PR individual
Winner: Amanda Freeman, Freeman PR
Runner-up: David Silverman - Outpost

Shortlisted:
Polly Birkbeck - Complete Control
Ruth Drake - Toast
Tony Linkin – Coalition

Best Free Music Magazine
Winner: Stool Pigeon
Runner-up: The Fly

Shortlisted:
London Tour Dates
One Week To Live
Vice

Best Online Music Publication
Winner: Drowned In Sound
Runner-up: Popjustice

Shortlisted:
Gigwise
Guardian Music online
NME.com

Best in-house PR person
Winner: Susie Ember - Virgin
Runner-up: Richard Dawes - Polydor

Shortlisted:
Rachel Hendry - Mercury
Julie Smith - Columbia
Rich Walker- Beggars

Best In-House PR department
Winner: Beggars
Runner-up: EMI

Shortlisted:
Domino
Island
Polydor

Popular Press: Best Journalist
Winner: Jacqui Swift – Sun Something For The Weekend
Runner-up: Gavin Martin - Mirror Ticket

Shortlisted:
Simon Cosyns - Sun Something For The Weekend
Kim Dawson - Star Playlist
Adrian Thrills - Daily Mail

Breaking Music Journalist
Winner: Peter Robinson – Pop Justice
Runner-up: Mike Diver - Drowned In Sound

Shortlisted:
Dan Cairns - The Times
Niall Doherty - The Fly
Krissi Murisson – NME

Artist and Music Features: Writer of the Year
Winner: Matilda Egere-Cooper – The Independent
Runner-up: Alexis Petridis – The Guardian

Shortlisted:
Stevie Chick - Freelance
Tim Jonze – NME
Peter Robinson - Popjustice

Popular Press: Best Music Section
Winner: The Sun Something For The Weekend
Runner-up: Star Playlist

Shortlisted:
Express Friday Review
Mirror The Ticket
The Sun – Bizarre

Music Magazine of the Year
Winner: Word
Runner-up: Observer Music Monthly

Shortlisted:
Clash
NME
Mojo

Outstanding contribution to music journalism:
David Hepworth and Mark Ellen

Outstanding contribution to PR
Bernard Doherty, LD Communications

Outstanding contribution to music photography:
Roger Sargeant

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	MollyCoddle!!!	You wuz robbed. :(( Never mind, Gerald, there's always next year! :)) Posted by MollyCoddle!!! on Wednesday, December 05, 2007 at 14:45 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	WHO IN THE HELL IS GERALD??? Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Wednesday, December 05, 2007 at 17:11 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	MollyCoddle!!!	Ermm, it's just a generic term of endearment for anyone who's suffered mild disappointment or disillusionment....as in "chin up, Gerald!!"...or "don't take any notice, Gerald, they're only jealous!!"... Posted by MollyCoddle!!! on Wednesday, December 05, 2007 at 17:39 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	: THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI :	Oh good...For a minute I though you'd found out my midd- Posted by : THE FUTUREPROOF MUSIC BLOG BY PIOUS GIOVANNI : on Wednesday, December 05, 2007 at 17:47 [Remove] [Reply to this]

tiffany the lass à la piratepods

so this is how it's done. i don't care about awards ... but i wouldn't ming being a presenter ... swag !!! love your new picture and banner. Posted by tiffany the lass à la piratepods on Saturday, December 08, 2007 at 04:53 [Remove] [Reply to this]