(NEW YORK, NY, APRIL 27, 2017)—Time Inc. announced the winners of its prestigious annual Luce Awards during a ceremony yesterday afternoon at Time Inc.’s headquarters at 225 Liberty Street. Named for Time Inc.’s founder, Henry R. Luce, the 19th annual awards span 17 multi-platform categories and honor the extraordinary content created across the Time Inc. portfolio during 2016.

Some of the winners include Time for Title of the Year; People/Entertainment Weekly Network (PEN) for Best Brand Extension; Fortune and People for Best Reporting; Real Simple’s “Frosé” for Best Social Video; Travel + Leisure for Magazine Design; and Extra Crispy for Best Digital Design.

Norman Pearlstine, Vice Chairman, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his significant contributions to the company and to journalism overall.

Time Inc. President and CEO Rich Battista said, “Our Luce Award winners reinforce the DNA of who we are and what we do best: produce the most powerful, trusted storytelling across multiple platforms and formats. We also extend special congratulations to Norm Pearlstine, who has helped shape and evolve journalism throughout his accomplished career."

The winners were chosen by five panelists: Paul Fichtenbaum, Paul Steiger, Dick Stolley, Tom Weber and Callie Schweitzer.

“Our talented winners are a testament to our continuing ability to produce powerful journalism, gripping photography, amazing live events, engaging social video, ahead-of-the-curve virtual reality experiences, and compelling long-form video and to lead the way in using technology to deliver content,” noted Time Inc. Chief Content Officer Alan Murray, who oversaw the competition. "I congratulate everyone who has been involved in bringing this extraordinary content to life.”

The Time Inc. 2016 Luce Award winners are as follows:

Best Conference/Event 
Fortune/Time Global Forum

Best Public Service 
Essence in Partnership with Time, “The Racial Politics of Abortion”

Best News Photography 
Time, “The Lonely Journey”

Best Social Video 
Real Simple, “Frosé”

Cover of the Year 
Time, “Total Meltdown”

Best Innovation 
Time, “100 Photos: The Most Influential Images of All Time”

Title of the Year 
Time

Best Brand Extension 
People/Entertainment Weekly Network

Best Magazine Design 
Travel + Leisure

Best Long-Form Video 
People, “Children of 9/11:15 Years Later”

Reporting 
Fortune, “The Disturbing Decline of Sumner Redstone” 
People, “Faces of Orlando: Mass Shooting at Pulse Nightclub”

Best Native or Branded Content 
Food & Wine for S. Pellegrino

Best Digital Design 
Extra Crispy

Best Feature Photography 
Travel + Leisure

Best Storytelling on Mobile Platform 
Real Simple, Real Simple Instagram Stories

Best Multimedia Story 
People, “Physically Attacked by Donald Trump: A People Writer’s Own Harrowing Story”

Best Virtual Reality 
Time, “Remembering Pearl Harbor”

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Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME) is a leading content company that engages over 150 million consumers every month through our portfolio of premium brands across platforms. By combining our distinctive content with our proprietary data and people-based targeting, we offer highly differentiated end-to-end solutions to marketers across the multimedia landscape. Our influential brands include People, Time, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, InStyle, Real Simple and Southern Living, as well as approximately 50 diverse titles in the United Kingdom. Time Inc. has been extending the power of our brands through various acquisitions and investments, including Viant, an advertising technology firm with a specialized people-based marketing platform; The Foundry, Time Inc.’s creative lab and content studio; and the People Entertainment Weekly Network (PEN). The Company is also home to celebrated events, such as the Time 100, Fortune Most Powerful Women, People’s Sexiest Man Alive, Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year, the Essence Festival and the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen. 

 

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