Jagran Prakashan leads Publisher Abbys at Goafest 2019
The publisher of the leading Hindi daily, Jagran Prakashan, topped the Publisher Abbys category during Goafest 2019, announced on 11 April 2019. Jagran Prakashan polled the maximum votes at the Publisher Abbys on Day One of Goafest 2019 with two gold, silver and bronze metals each.
17 Apr 2019 | By PrintWeek India
Bennett Colemon was the second among the most awarded publishers. It bagged three silvers and two bronzes. ABP One was the only other publisher to win gold, which came for Sugar Free's ‘Cha Choluk Chini Noye'. DB Corp won one silver and two bronzes.
Jagran Prakashan won golds for Dainik Jagran's ‘Sanskarshala - the school of life' and ‘Jagranhindi.in - creating an online destination for Hindi literature'.
Meanwhile, Mindshare led the Media Abby category. The company bagged four golds, six silvers and four bronze metals and a total of 84 points. Mindshare’s work with Brooke Bond Red Label, Aditya Birla Capital, Lifebuoy and Close Up bagged the honours.
Mindshare was followed by Madison Media and Initiative Media, which finished with 58 and 38 points respectively.
There is a significant increase in the number of metals awarded this year. Compared to six gold metals last year, this time 19 were awarded. A total of 23 organisations have won metals this year as against 15 in 2018.
A total of 62 Media Abbys and 23 Publisher Abbys were awarded.