Advertising Age Article Abstract
National Magazine Awards Revamped to Pit Fashion Against Fashion, News Against News
Ceremony Also Reintroduces Sit-Down Meal, Which Once Provoked Conde Into Ordering Pizza to the Event
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- The top prizes at next year's National Magazine Awards will pit magazines against rivals in their editorial categories instead of grouping contenders by circulation. The awards will also reintroduce a sit-down meal that will make it easier to watch attendees react to winners and speeches but will also reopen the door to complaints about food. Back in the days of awards luncheons at the Waldorf Astoria, Conde Nast once ordered a pizza during the ceremony. ...
