IDG Editors Win Eight Neal Awards; CIO Magazine Captures Coveted Grand Neal Award.

Business Editors

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2003

International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading technology media company, today announced that several of its esteemed editors received top honors in eight categories at the 2003 Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards ceremony, held yesterday at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. This year, CIO magazine received the Grand Neal Award, the top editorial honor granted to one publication across all categories and circulation sizes. Launched in 2002, CSO magazine received "Best New Publication," and placed as first runner-up in the Grand Neal category. Bio-IT World's team captured "Best Single Article" and "Best Subject-Related Series of Articles," while Computerworld editors took home "Best News Coverage." The American Business Media's annual Neal Awards recognizes editorial excellence in independent business publications.

"The Neal Awards set the standard for editorial quality in the trade media, and IDG is proud to be recognized," said Pat Kenealy, CEO of IDG. "Subscriber renewal rates, newsstand sales, and advertising response give our publishers daily proof of the quality of their magazines and newspapers, but it's gratifying when our editors' efforts are directly recognized by their peers. I congratulate our winners and applaud their commitment to excellence as they assist readers in making critical business and technology decisions."

Over the years, IDG has earned more than 25 Neal Awards, plus three Grand Neal Awards - more than any other technology media company. Details of 2003 IDG Neal Awards winners include:

 
 
CIO magazine: 
 
--Grand Neal Award: "Making It in 2002" 
 
--Best How To (Class A): "How To" End of Year Issue, December 
2001/January 2002 - Led by Alison Bass, with Rick Pastore and David 
Rosenbaum; design led by Lisa Munroe; fact checking/copy editing led 
by Lynne Rigolini and Tom Wailgum. 
 
--Best Article (Class A): "The Meter is Running (CIOs Say No to 
Microsoft)," - by Scott Berinato, edited by David Rosenbaum, with 
Michael Goldberg, Tom Wailgum, Lisa Munroe, Lynne Rigolini, Lorraine 
Cosgrove Ware (who provided the research) and Hana Barker. 
 
CSO magazine: 
 
--Best New Publication 
 
--First runner-up in the Grand Neal category 
 
Bio-IT World: 
 
--Best Single Article (Class A, up to $3 million in revenue): 
"Clinical Trial Data Management: Tortured by Paper," ...