New York, April 8, 2015 – Time Inc. (NYSE: TIME) brands Sports Illustrated and Time were honored with Webby Award nominations presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS). The Webby Awards recognize the best of the Internet and are awarded across five media types: Websites, Interactive Advertising & Media, Online Film & Video, Mobile Sites & Apps, and Social.

 

These nominations reinforce Time Inc.’s strong digital presence. Sports Illustrated is recognized with a nomination for “Young, Gifted & Homeless,” a long form video centered on the life of homeless athlete Isiah Lamb, as well as an honorary mention for SI.com. Time garnered a nomination for The Brief, Time’s daily e-newsletter, as well as a nomination in Best Use of Video or Moving Image for The Top of America, Time’s exclusive photography from the top of The World Trade Center. Time’s social media efforts received an honorary mention as well. Time Inc. Studios was recognized with an honorary mention in Online Film & Video: Short Form for “Dewar’s Live True Profiles – Mark Bustos,” a short video interview with hairstylist Mark Bustos, sponsored by Dewar. 

 

The full list of Time Inc. nominations and honorary mentions is below. Webby Award winners will be announced on April 27, 2015 and honored at the 19th Annual Webby Awards hosted by Hannibal Buress at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, on May 18, 2015.

 

NOMINATIONS

Category: Online Film & Video: Sports

Sports Illustrated – Young, Gifted & Homeless

 

Category: Websites: Email Newsletters

Time – The Brief

 

Category: Websites: Best Use of Video or Moving Image

Time – Top of America

 

HONORARY MENTIONS

Category: Social: News and Information

Time

 

Category: Websites: Sports

Sports Illustrated

 

Category: Online Film & Video: Short Form

Time Inc. Studios – Dewar’s Live True Profiles – Mark Bustos 

 

About Time Inc.

 

Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME) is one of the world’s leading media companies, with a monthly global print audience of over 120 million and worldwide digital properties that attract more than 120 million visitors each month, including over 50 websites. Our influential brands include People, Sports Illustrated, InStyle, Time, Real Simple, Southern Living, Entertainment Weekly, Travel + Leisure, Cooking Light, Fortune and Food & Wine, as well as more than 50 diverse titles in the United Kingdom such as Decanter and Horse & Hound. Time Inc. is home to celebrated events and franchises including the Fortune 500, Time 100, People’s Sexiest Man Alive, Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year, the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, the Essence Festival and the biennial Fortune Global Forum. Hundreds of thousands of people attended our live media events in 2014. We also provide content marketing, targeted local print and digital advertising programs, branded book publishing and marketing and support services, including subscription sales services for magazines and other products, retail distribution and marketing services and customer service and fulfillment services, for ourselves and third-party clients, including other magazine publishers.

 

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CONTACT:

 

Jill Davison

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jill.davison@timeinc.com