Penton’s Promo Magazine Announces Pro Award 2008 Finalists
10/9/2008
NEW YORK (September 29, 2008) - Penton Media's PROMO® Magazine announced the finalists of its 18th annual PRO Awards program on September 23rd during a web announcement. To view the finalists web announcement and a list of finalists with a description of their campaigns go to
www.theproawards.com. The PRO Awards recognize outstanding achievement in promotion marketing. Competition was open to promotion, advertising, marketing and PR agencies, consultancies, in-house agencies and marketing departments at client companies, or other parties involved in the development of a promotion. Winners in 23 categories plus Best Promotion of 2008 will be announced on October 29, 2008 at the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago, IL. A list of finalists will be published in the October issue of PROMO Magazine and the Winners will be published in the November issue.
The PRO Awards finalists were selected by a distinguished panel of judges from leading brands and agencies.
For additional information, contact Marci Werner at 1-(203) 358-4397 or e-mail marci.werner@penton.com
PROMO is a leading information resource for advertising, direct marketing and promotional professionals and is part of the Prism Marketing Media Group, which also includes Multichannel Merchant®, Direct® and Chief Marketer®. For more information, visit www.promomagazine.com .
Penton Media, Inc. is the largest independent business-to-business media company in the U.S., serving more than six million business professionals every month. The company's market-leading brands are focused on 30 industries and include 113 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 150 industry trade shows and conferences, and more than 500 information data products. Headquartered in New York City, the privately held company is owned by MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP, and its co-investors. For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com .
Contact:
Bethany Weaver
Corporate Communications Manager, Penton Media
Phone: (216) 931-9551
E-mail: bethany.weaver@penton.com