ASBPE Names Top B2B Magazines, Web Sites for Anniversary Azbee Award

ASBPE has chosen the best business-to-business magazines since 2000, Web sites since 2002; ‘best of the best’ to be announced at July 24 awards banquet.

As part of its 30th Azbee Awards of Excellence celebration, the American Society of Business Publication Editors has named the top business-to-business magazines since 2000 and the top five B2B Web sites since 2002. 

One overall B2B magazine winner in each of two circulation divisions — 80,000 and over, and below 80,000 — will be announced at the Azbee Awards of Excellence banquet the evening of July 24 at the InterContinental Hotel at the Plaza in Kansas City. The banquet is part of the ASBPE National Editorial Conference, July 23–25, also at the InterContinental.

The top Web site since 2002 will also be named.

These awards represent the highest honor that ASBPE has ever given to recognize the consistent editorial and design excellence by business-to-business publications over a period of five years or more. 

For the magazine award, judges used five criteria to examine three consecutive issues during the years-long time period for this exclusive Anniversary Azbee Award, including:

1) reporting, writing, editing
2) usefulness/value to reader
3) editorial organization
4) interaction with readers
5) layout and design

The following publications are in the running for the Anniversary Azbees. 

Circulation of 80,000 or more

The top Azbee anniversary magazines in this category include: 

• Builder
• CFO
• CIO
• Computerworld
• IndustryWeek
• Network World
• Overdrive, PC World
• Remodeling
• Restaurants & Institutions
• Selling Power

Circulation of less than 80,000

The top Azbee anniversary magazines in this category include: 

• Best’s Review
• CIO Insight
• CMO
• CSO
• HealthLeaders
• Meetings & Conventions
• Public CIO
• QSR
• Residential Architect
• Sales & Marketing Management 
• SQL Server 

The top B2B Web sites since 2002

The top Azbee anniversary Web sites include: 

• CFO.com
• CIO.com
• FCW.com
• NetworkWorld.com
• PCWorld.com 

ASBPE will soon announce the top 10 candidates for this year's Magazines of the Year and B2B Web Site of the Year.

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