MEDIA AWARDS Community, changemakers, collaboration and inclusivity emerged — and play. Partnerships blossomed. Customers and audiences as thematic highlights in this year’s Digiday Media Awards, with a reaped the rewards. roster of winners that paint a picture of 2020 as a year of big ideas. The competition was fierce, and the programs were robust. In this guide to the Digiday Media Awards, each entry unpacks the programs and insights that our winners brought to the media Throughout, the Digiday judges saw business-to-business and conversation. They are examples of how media companies business-to-consumer programs shine, with diversity and equity, survived — and thrived — throughout a challenging year, and each access and empowerment leading the charge. Innovation and big stands as an example of excellence for leaders and teams in the ideas expanded the playing field for many of the winners, even in a months and years ahead. year when quarantines limited where and how people could work Best Story In The Know - ‘Where You Can Still Find Household Essentials’

Program Insights To help In The Know readers find and In the Know’s guide wasn’t only timely purchase critical supplies they needed and of great value to its readers, it during the COVID-19 pandemic, when was also a tactical feat in the face of many physical stores were experiencing persistent inventory issues — many shortages, the publisher created a guide products were selling out as they raced to online retailers where readers could to get the guide on the publisher’s procure necessities. Identifying multiple . And that hurdle didn’t vanish after websites and retailers carrying everything publication: The In the Know team had to from toilet paper and paper towels to ensure for months to follow that readers disinfectants and hand soap, the guide looking for these critical items could find became one of In The Know’s top-visited them at multiple online retailers. As a pages for several months. work of service journalism, In the Know owned the story in 2020. Best NRK - Editorial ‘Your Climate Future’ Package

Program Insights Tackling the topic of climate change, Although the new editorial package was publisher NRK produced a story that based on complicated science, and all started with a form field: Users typed in the stories together came to more than the name of their municipality and so 800,000 words, NRK created a seamless began a journey toward 2100, highlighting reading experience across each module. how climate would play out in the Packed with extras, ‘Your Climate Future’ reader’s region over the years. Featuring proved an interactive, immersive and never-before-published material, ‘Your aesthetic triumph. Climate Future’ showed how climate change will alter almost every aspect of Norwegians everyday lives — from rain torrents to glaciers, to bad news for the local fisheries. The 356 different data- generated stories were fully illustrated and animated. Friday, April 9, 2021 at 14:21:02 Eastern Daylight Time

Subject: [EXTERNAL] Amanda Gorman tells Jenna about the speech impediment struggle she shares with Biden Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 2:16:37 PM Eastern Standard Time From: TODAY Read With Jenna To: Tolin, Lisa (NBCUniversal)

Best TODAY Digital - Newsletter ‘Read with Jenna’

Program Insights ‘Read with Jenna’ is a newsletter from Books are a business in which word Today Digital host Jenna Bush Hager’s of mouth can account for colossal book community to monthly book outcomes, and Jenna Bush Hager’s recommendations. Featuring Jenna in newsletter is highlighting what happens videos and including links to purchase, when that approach goes right. The new the newsletter spotlights indie bookstores, program is taking a personal, thoughtful book-discussion questions and more. The approach to content, delivering authentic goal is to introduce new, diverse stories value to book lovers and also dovetailing and authors. Of the 14 picks so far, four with affiliate opportunities. That’s a were written by debut authors, 10 were bookend of results that will continue to written by female authors and seven support the authors and audiences with were written by people of color. Moreover, which Jenna is connecting. since the newsletter launched in 2020, 12 out of Jenna’s 14 featured picks have become New York Times bestsellers. Hi Readers! I hope everyone has been enjoying our January pick, "Black Buck." Mateo Askaripour’s novel is a story about a fresh start and making positive change, one that I hope will resonate even more as our country begins its own new chapter.

One of the most talked about moments from last week's inauguration was Amanda Gorman’s soaring recitation of her poem, “The Hill We Climb.” In 2018 I had the honor of interviewing her, discussing what it was like for her to be named the nation’s first ever National Youth Poet Laureate. She talked candidly about her black identity and her poetic inspirations, as well as her struggles with a speech impediment, a struggle she shares with President Biden.

She is a remarkable and brilliant woman. Follow the links below to see the interview, as well as our January discussion questions and more.

Page 1 of 4 Best Brand The New York Times Partnership and Verizon - The 5G - B2B Journalism Lab

Program Insights Verizon and The New York Times Timed with the launch of Apple’s first announced a collaboration dedicated 5G iPhone and Verizon’s Nationwide to delivering immersive storytelling 5G rollout, Verizon and the Times using 5G. The goal was to invent new demonstrated the power of technology journalistic tools that demonstrate the and storytelling in a content program power of Verizon 5G to Times readers, that delivered legitimate value to the consumers, business decision-makers Times readership without intruding on and the world. Featuring environmental the publisher’s editorial independence. photogrammetry, a built-for-5G The program also showcased the technology developed by the Times’s R&D high-impact change that Verizon’s team in The 5G Journalism Lab, the new- stake in 5G tech brings to the table, to-journalism format stitches together and it succeeded in ticking a number thousands of photographs into one 3D of audience boxes — from early tech model, allowing readers to travel through adopters to established 5G device users time in NYC’s Chinatown or tour a gamer — a mix of meaningful product and mansion in Los Angeles. powerful marketing. Best Brand Complex Networks, United Partnership States Army, Fluent 360 / - B2C OMD - ‘Jobs Unlisted’

Program Insights Complex Media host Speedy Mormon In a year when jobs and whole careers went on the hunt for aspirational and evaporated, ‘Jobs Unlisted’ turned unexpectedly cool professions that the narrative around. Focusing on the aren’t regularly found in an online job nature of the search and the adventure search. Partnering with the U.S. Army, the of a career that doesn’t fall squarely on series tied unique jobs to opportunities the beaten path, host Speedy Mormon in the military, with an emphasis on helped position the U.S. Army in a net careers in sectors such as the space positive way — as a gateway to industry (Speedy learned what it takes steps for ambitious learners. to become an astronaut). ‘Jobs Unlisted’ further focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics, fashion, design and e-sports. Best Branded Atlantic Re:think and Content Amazon Web Services - Program - B2B ‘Disrupting Within’

Program Insights Atlantic Re:think worked with Amazon All of Atlantic Re:think’s uplifting stories of Web Services to create ‘Disrupt Within,’ a technology-fueled transformation relied video series showcasing iconic companies on Amazon’s cloud-based solutions. undergoing significant transformation, Innovation and change during a time of highlighting how even legacy brands can crisis was the focus as well, with a special be nimble, as long as they have the right sixth episode of ‘Disrupt Within’ showing combination of insight and technology. how the company’s technology supported Each video featured the leaders behind a swift transition to remote work, helping the companies reconsidering, redesigning to soften the blow of a worldwide and recharging their brand’s services — corporate shutdown. ultimately empowering their organizations to better serve customers. Best Branded Madwell and Content Visible - ‘Red Rocks Program - B2C Unpaused’

Program Insights In September 2020, Denver’s iconic Red As artists often do, performers in 2020 Rocks Amphitheatre roared back to life, reinvented themselves as digital even if audiences had to stay home. presences in people’s homes. Visible Partnering with Madwell, the phone and Madwell took the new concert company Visible helped bring artists experience one step further with a two- such as Phoebe Bridgers and Megan way channel to the stage at Red Rocks. Thee Stallion to the legendary stage in a As a community-driven brand, Visible’s virtual broadcast that included innovative message was on point, and the thrill of features such as virtual audience live music became synonymous with cheering, encore-song voting and their brand on the world stage. interactive lighting. Best Refinery29 Virtual Unbothered - Event ‘Wash Day’

Program Insights Refinery 29’s Unbothered franchise Since launching in 2017, part of unveiled ‘Wash Day,’ an annual virtual Unbothered’s mission has been to create retreat hosted on Facebook Live and a safe space where Black women can feel focusing on the beauty and mental seen and be heard. In the case of ‘Wash health needs of Black women. A roster Day,’ that mission was tied to the visual of haircare influencers, mental-health identity and concept of “a love letter to the experts and Unbothered editors hosted salon,” inspired by ‘70s and ‘90s beauty virtual sessions, blending hair routines and culture magazines. Unbothered and and tutorials with timely social topics. its parent, Refinery 29, continue to create Building on the recent launch of innovative and meaningful approaches to Unbothered’s private Facebook Group the fast-growing platform, a serviceable, for its most engaged followers and the joyful, uniquely Black virtual community platform’s streaming capabilities, the that reanimated the IRL salon experience franchise hosted four sessions on Sunday, that its audience missed during the powered by aligning with the time women commonly pandemic. set aside for their wash days. Best Virtual The Wall Street Event Series Journal - Future Of Everything

Program Insights Every May for the past three years, Content is king and in 2020 the world has welcomed learned that the king can rule from many thousands of attendees to the Future different castles. What had always been a of Everything Festival at Spring Studios world of in-person conferencing, learning for three days of unscripted interviews, — and deal-making — transformed interactive master classes, networking, into an ecosystem of conversations no live demos and sponsored activations. longer anchored to hotels, halls and The program highlights emerging trends amphitheatres. The Future of Everything in science, business, sports and the Festival proved that visionary ideas catch arts. In 2020, the WSJ transformed the the eyes and ears of people on the other in-person event into an eleven-part side of screens and over a sustained virtual series spanning eight months and period of time as well. As successful featuring speakers such as Hasan Minhaj, pivots go, the WSJ helped move the Maria Sharapova, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Gov. needle for events of the future. Gretchen Whitmer, Rep. Ro Khanna, Renee Montgomery and Arne Sorenson. Best Use AARP, Grey, Kenshoo of Social and Flatiron Collective

Program Insights At the height of the pandemic, the In a time of crisis, the AARP and its AARP turned to its own coverage to partners proved that publishers have create a library of more than 2,200 the power to change — and save — lives. pieces of social-media content geared AARP’s robust content strategy earned to audiences over the age of 50 — a a spot within Facebook’s COVID-19 collection of articles, videos and graphics Information Center alongside UNICEF, focused on news, education and lifestyle. the CDC, Doctors Without Borders and Videos explained how to prevent the local health departments. AARP was spread of the virus, tips helped caregivers the only publisher to earn this coveted take critical steps and digital town halls position and their accomplishment in brought health experts to audiences 2020 was not only a testament to how a everywhere. program can serve as a lifeline, it was an unquestionable success in elevating the organization’s profile for the long-term. Best Use TV 2 Denmark of Video

Program Insights TV2.DK, the leading daily news website in Victoria Bell began dancing at the age Denmark, owned by the leading Danish of four and she and her family moved to TV station, explored the idea of video Copenhagen when she was admitted to and still photography in a touching story the Royal Danish Ballet School at age 12. about one of Denmark’s great ballet Victoria managed to do all of this despite prodigies, Victoria Bell. The dancer is not having the “open hips” preferred one of the few who completed an elite by the school. Even though some may education at the Royal Theatre’s Ballet have told her she wasn’t built for ballet, School, despite not having the physique she studied and practiced hard, not most commonly associated with success willing to give up her dream. Focusing on in the art. this positive and inspiring story proved powerful for TV2.DK and the series of stills provided a new perspective on a classic. Best CBS News - “My Podcast Life of Crime with Erin Moriarty”

Program Insights The portfolio of CBS News is an Host Erin Moriarty brings almost three extension of its characteristically high- decades of experience as a lawyer and quality programming and includes some reporter involved in murder cases to of the nation’s most notable brands, the ‘My Life of Crime’ podcast, leading such as ‘48 Hours,’ ‘60 Minutes’ and to narratives that went beyond the ‘Face the Nation.’ The ‘My Life of Crime’ dichotomy of perpetrator and victim. podcast takes listeners through murder Erin’s fresh take resonated with listeners investigations step-by-step, focusing on by emphasizing the voices of the people the voices of those most affected by the involved, creating room for empathy, case and crime — deeply researched, understanding and nuance beyond reported and produced. sensational headlines. Best Site Bustle Digital Group Design

Program Insights BDG embarked on a mission to revamp Throughout its redesign, BDG created all nine of its sites by 2021 to reflect how new and innovative ways to work with top the modern readers are consuming ad partners in terms of how they share content today. Across Bustle Digital stories, including the implementation of Group’s portfolio of brands — Bustle, BDG Card Stories, attracting interest from Elite Daily, Inverse, Input, , NYLON, tech and luxury advertisers including Romper, The Zoe Report and W Media — Samsung, Genesis and Cartier. internal engineering and product teams partnered with creative agency Code & Theory to transform logos, typography, iconography, article and sections designs, imagery and creative direction. Kicking off with NYLON in 2020, the entire project is slated to complete in 2021. Despite the roadblocks that came with the pandemic in 2020, BDG relaunched NYLON, Bustle and Romper and completed TZR and W Media in Q1 2021. Best Use of Pfizer, Inc. - Pledge to Audience #StandWithScience Insights

Program Insights Throughout its R&D process for the As news of COVID vaccine progress and COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer sought to success rolled out, the public needed confront questions about methodology to know that despite the hastened by initiating a pledge across several timeline the vaccine was safe. Pfizer pharmaceutical players, reinforcing helped to instill public confidence in the their commitment to being led only research and development process by by science. Pfizer launched this highlighting industry collaboration as campaign via a handshake, well as a coordinated promise. This bold, tagging GlaxoSmithKline and asking multi-tweet movement helped to show for their commitment to join the the public that these pharmaceutical pledge. The company then tagged companies were adhering to strict J&J and so on. In all, nine CEOs signed scientific and regulatory standards even the pledge and coined the hashtag with the high-stakes, and a fluid, politically #WeStandWithScience, making it clear charged environment. the well-being of the soon-to-be- vaccinated individuals were the top priority. Best Brit + Co and Office Custom Depot - Selfmade Advertising

Program Insights The founder and CEO of Brit + Co, Brit The economic impact of the COVID-19 Morin, wanted to be able to empower pandemic deeply affected women — women in 2020 and beyond to follow specifically mothers and women of color their dreams, helping them to create — exacerbating extant gender and racial and grow their own businesses from equity gaps. The Selfmade course, hosted their homes. Selfmade, a 10-week virtual by Brit and other successful women in startup school sponsored by Office Depot, business, such as Joy Cho (founder of Oh is designed to cover all the business Joy!), Bozoma Saint John (CMO of ) bases, from finding your passion, how and fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff, to get out of your comfort zone and of set a goal — its participants being able to course, how to start. Brit teamed up with start their own company, actively bringing Office Depot for the Fall 2020 session in revenue, at the end of the 10 weeks. The to sponsor scholarships for 200 female inspiring and diverse group of women entrepreneurs with a passion to start or hosting Selfmade, along with leading grow their business through the Selfmade female investors, spotlighted participants course. who otherwise might not have accessed such impactful resources, especially during a global pandemic. Best Ad TripleLift Tech Platform

Program Insights TripleLift launched a television division Relying on in-show ad technology in an effort to make TV ad experiences empowered networks and streaming that catered to all types of viewers. services to optimize revenue-per- The platform combined AI technology stream and increase monetization, with dynamic video insertion in post- without having to rely on commercial production to deliver a seamless and breaks to generate revenue. Studios and relevant brand integration — and more creators were also able to benefit from compelling storytelling experiences. incremental revenue opportunities, and TripleLift introduced a new advertising brands could take advantage of the model for ad-supported TV as well, agility of real-time in-show insertion. delivering a branded experience in-show, bought and sold in real time. Best Video Stringr Platform

Program Insights Stringr is an SaaS video platform that Stringr is proving that having a robust offers capabilities including footage, database of videographers helps with hosting, editing, app-based shooting the efficiency of producing broadcast and upload and transcription tools. news. This is essential during a time These tools are connected to a when people demand quality video proprietary network of more than 120,000 stories about the state of the world. independent videographers, who can The company’s on-call nature enables be mobilized instantly to get footage, seamless production workflows and the interviews and livestreams. Stringr’s platform is also able to identify best-in- clients include the Associated Press, class videographers, assigning special Reuters, CNN and NBC. requests directly from clients. Best The Globe and Publisher Mail - Sophi.io Platform

Program Insights The Globe and Mail, which has heavily AI is an essential technology for helping invested in data science since 2012, publishers add authentic value to stories places nearly 100% of content across — extending their measure of success its digital properties using Sophi, an AI beyond page views and virality. For platform trained by editors to understand example, Sophi is able to provide data on what belongs where on websites. Every how much each article on The Globe and 10 minutes, the program selects valuable Mail contributes to subscriber retention, stories that warrant increased promotion acquisition, registration potential and and updates the publisher’s digital pages. advertising dollars. Additionally, to Sophi also runs a real-time, personalized effectively deploy machine learning, paywall; it considers the content a reader around 10% of The Globe and Mail’s has consumed (and other behaviors), workforce is now data scientists and understanding when to ask a reader for engineers, hired to develop Sophi and money versus an email address — and grow the strategy even further. when to leave them alone. Best First- Criteo Party Data Strategy

Program Insights Commerce media platform Criteo With third-party cookies being phased offers first-party data solutions for out in 2022, first-party data has companies on the supply and demand become — and will continue to be — a sides of the advertising ecosystem. Using crucial tactic for publishers and buyers Criteo’s massive commerce dataset, approaching ID resolution. Currently, network members can onboard their most of Criteo’s advertiser and publisher first-party data to create addressable members are integrating their first-party and anonymous audiences — be it for data in an effort to activate cookieless contextual or cohort targeting — and solutions. Criteo is providing a key path reach them in channels using commerce- forward for marketers and publishers, friendly formats at scale. Specifically, which will increasingly have to rely on Criteo collects datasets and unifies them their first-party data to achieve scale, within the Criteo Identity and Shopper while protecting consumer privacy. Graph, augmenting the datasets by connecting them through its larger data network through durable IDs. The platform also uses AI to ensure data informs privacy-compliant digital marketing campaigns. Best In The Know and Commerce Our Place Partner

Program Insights Gen Z- and millennial-focused media To achieve a successful commerce platform In The Know partnered with partnership, publishers must seek out kitchen essentials brand Our Place. brands that align with their company The collaboration featured Our Place mission and values — as well as brands products in on-site articles, social that offer products that provide value placements and email newsletters. to its subscribers. Because of Shahid’s Furthermore, the partnership aligned profile and the draw of Our Place’s Always with In The Know’s mission to spotlight Pan — a must-have kitchen item for businesses owned by women and BIPOC; many — Our Place’s products became Our Place was founded by Pakistani social one of In The Know’s top-sellers for entrepreneur Shiza Shahid. 2020, ourperforming more established, traditional cookware brands. Best Subscription Audible - or Membership Audible Plus Product

Program Insights In fall 2020, Audible debuted Audible Launching a membership product similar Plus, a membership service that gives to those of music and TV streaming subscribers access to the brand’s platforms has created a new revenue collection of original series, audiobooks stream for Audible, proving all-access and podcasts; a catalog that includes subscription models can work within more than 11,000 titles and 68,000 hours the audiobook and podcast space. of content. Audible Plus includes access A main draw of Audible Plus is that it to new Audible Originals, which range gives customers more freedom around from documentaries and audio dramas how they stream content. Listeners can to sleep programs produced by the engage online or download programs brand. for offline listening, and they also have the option to stream on Alexa-enabled devices and Amazon Fire tablets. Best Digital Fabrik Product Innovation

Program Insights Online portfolio website Fabrik combines In today’s media landscape, content the control and flexibility of a robust CMS management systems are built with a with advanced advertising technology, focus on editorial, and ad tech platforms which helps publishers boost speed, are focused on monetization. This results organic growth, syndication and in publishers being burdened by siloed monetization. The platform is a modern technologies, one for each goal. Fabrik’s CMS built for publishers looking to take product bridges that gap and, in turn, control of their site and optimize it for the puts publishers in a better place to user experience. improve their user experience and grow their revenue opportunities. Best Revenue Blockworks Diversification Strategy

Program Insights Less than three years after Blockworks In order for a revenue diversification debuted, the financial media brand to be successful, publishers must has expanded its content strategy with have a purpose-led strategy for each podcasts, webinars, newsletters, events new content channel. Blockworks has and branded content. On the podcast modeled each new content arm based front, the brand now has 20 separate on its launch as an in-person events series and has become the fourth largest brand in 2018. The company launched investor-focused podcast network in the events with the goal of helping investors world. better understand the emerging digital asset and crypto industry. Editorial AccuWeather Team of the Year

Program Insights AccuWeather’s media content group Ahead of a historic hurricane season, includes journalists, producers, editors 95% of AccuWeather’s team was and meteorologists who create content forced to begin working remotely due for the company’s digital platforms, social to the pandemic. Despite that shift, the media accounts, the AccuWeather TV editorial team managed to produce Network and partners. Throughout the even more content than in 2019. Their pandemic, the team effectively covered quick pivot to a new remote model also a record hyperactive 2020 hurricane enabled Accuweather to increase user season and pivoted to an equally historic engagement across all platforms. winter. While AccuWeather’s forecasting team oversees the platform’s hyperlocal forecast, the editorial team brings that data to life through unique storytelling that ecompasses the entire lifecycle of important weather events. Publishing Mike Federle, Executive CEO, Forbes of the Year

Program Insights Since Mike Federle was appointed CEO Mike Federle’s commitment to supporting in 2017, he has accelerated Forbes’ staff throughout the pandemic and digital transformation efforts, leading launching new initiatives tied to social to three of the most successful years in and political issues was crucial in driving the brand’s 104-year-old history. When growth for Forbes during a challenging the pandemic began, Mike pledged to year. In 2020, the company launched keep teams intact, grow the company’s BrandVoice EQ, a space for business and audience and diversify revenue. Under nonprofit leaders from underrepresented his leadership this past year, Forbes groups to share stories on Forbes’ launched ForbesOne, a first-party website for free. The company also data strategy that enables marketing used its platforms for social change, partners to engage audiences based on donating premium space for NAACP’s behavioral and demographic data; in- #WeAreDoneDying campaign and Vote. housed independently-created For(bes) org’s voter-registration drive. Additionally, The Culture — a news source for Black Mike introduced ‘5 Days of Action,’ a and brown entrepreneurs — and created benefit encouraging employees to an unlimited-access subscription model. support causes they care about. Best New Harvard Business Vertical or Review - Ascend Brand

Program Insights Harvard Business Review’s team of global To build a younger audience, Harvard editors launched Ascend, a sub-brand Business Review’s editors experimented providing content for young people — with content on platforms popular among college and graduate students to first- the demographic, including TikTok and time managers — trying to navigate YouTube. Ascend is also successful work-life balance. The team created the because its content delves deeply and brand with the objective of providing personally into topics with which its ideas for readers to discover who they audience identifies. Each newsletter are at work and outside of work. Ascend includes a personal story written by an covers the areas of work, health, money editor about a particular topic and links to and identity, with content ranging from published articles on that topic; coverage infographics and listicles to personal includes how to manage anxiety, building essays and an advice column. a personal budget and applying to jobs during the pandemic. Best T Brand at Content The New York Studio Times

Program Insights During a year defined by remote work, T Swiftly transitioning to a remote model Brand at The New York Times produced and touching base with clients early in successful and important content and the pandemic was important in shaping programs for major clients such as Tide, their campaigns for the rest of the year. Dropbox, Snap and Citi. The studio’s T Brand advised numerous clients on programs for Tide and Dropbox helped their response to the pandemic with a readers navigate changes in daily life consultation entitled “The Business Acts, and business, while campaigns for The Brand Speaks,” designed to give Snap and Citi promoted racial literacy clients confidence to reenter the market. T in classrooms and supported initiatives Brand also found success with delving into designed to close the racial wealth gap. the podcast space. The studio created an Additionally, T Brand worked pro bono original podcast with Invesco that ranks for the NYC Mayor’s Office on messaging among Apple’s top finance podcasts. about the importance of masks and social distancing during the summer. Most Engaged Overtime - Brand The OT Fam Community

Program Insights Sports network Overtime approaches its Building an engaged community goes content with an audience-first mindset, beyond just producing content and prioritizing its community aptly known making it available for fans to watch as The OT Fam. To keep its community across channels. The key to keep in 2020, Overtime used its platform to fans tuned in is to create interactive facilitate connection through a variety entertainment anchored by conversation. of programs amid challenging times. Content that invites fans to participate The brand’s efforts included Zooms and will drive engagement. In Overtime’s Lives featuring its audience’s case, its variety of interactive programs favorite athletes and personalities, a is a primary reason for why audiences virtual OT summer camp, at-home continue to associate with the brand workouts and pizza parties. — and throw up its signature “O” hand symbol. Media DAZN Brand of the Year

Program Insights DAZN is leading the way in the sports DAZN was founded on the fundamental streaming age while remaining affordable belief that sports should be democratic — and accessible in all of its 200+ markets with meaning they should be available to be a robust combination of exclusive sporting enjoyed by anyone, anywhere and at any events – from Bundesliga in Germany, Serie time. As the world evolves, the way fans A in Italy, J.League in Japan, to championship interact with sports is also evolving and DAZN prizefighting globally – paired with world- is helping to accelerate that transformation. class original programming. The media As the first dedicated sports OTT platform brand expanded globally in 2020 from nine on the market, DAZN is rivaling legacy media to more than 200 countries and territories brands in the race to deliver quality, volume, with a growing portfolio of rights and a affordability and accessibility. burgeoning slate of original programming. Publisher Harvard Business Review of the Year

Program Insights HBR showcased range, purpose and In Harvard Business Review’s 99-year determination, in 2020, training the ‘HBR history, the publisher has continually lens’ on society’s greatest challenges. increased its relevance among a wide The publisher introduced “Race at and growing audience. In 2020, HBR Work,” hosted by Porter Braswell, a strove to be a source of understanding podcast offering candid conversations and inspiration at a time when the world about the role race plays in everyone’s ricocheted from crisis to crisis. Among its careers and lives. Furthermore, HBR responses to that scenario, HBR produced incorporated timely conversations about “That Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief,” the pandemic and about race, power an interview with David Kessler published and equity into many of its other HBR in the earliest days of the pandemic and podcasts, including “HBR IdeaCast,” “Dear also “How to Promote Racial Equity in HBR” and “Women at Work.” And its new the Workplace,” by the Kennedy School’s video series, “Christine vs Work,” takes a Robert Livingston. HBR was busy this year modern approach to navigating classic focusing on producing quality content workplace dilemmas. that would truly hit home with its wide audience.