Grand View Media Group Brings Home Four GAMMA Awards

Grand View Media Group Brings Home Four GAMMA Awards

ATLANTA, May 18, 2011 - Grand View Media Group recently brought home two Gold and two Silver GAMMA awards from the Magazine Association of the Southeast (MAGS).

The awards recognize editorial and design excellence in magazine publishing. Senior Art Director Marty Harris, Editor Hilary Dyer and Circulation Manager Kevin Shields accepted the honors for Birmingham, Ala.-based Grand View Media Group at the 21st Annual GAMMA Awards luncheon on May 5.  

Grand View Media Group won a Gold award in the Best Custom Publishing (Consumer/Paid, revenues more than $1 Million) category for the June 2010 issue of Cabela"s Outfitter Journal. This is the magazine"s fourth consecutive year to be recognized.  

Grand View"s other Gold award, in the Best Single Issue (published three times per year or less) category, was for Waterfowl & Retriever, Southern Edition 2010. Waterfowl & Retriever has won Gold awards for the past three years.

Grand View Media Group"s January/February 2011 issue of Archery Business took home the Silver award in the Business-to-Business (revenues more than $1 million) category. Their other Silver award was in the Best Essay Consumer/Paid (revenues more than $1 million) category for the November 2010 issue of Bowhunting World.

"Our four GAMMA awards demonstrate our team"s focus on providing the best media experience for our readers and clients," Editor Hilary Dyer said. "It"s exciting and rewarding to be recognized every year; we are very proud of the work we do and are always pleased when it’s recognized by our peers in the publishing industry."

"Thanks to everyone at Grand View Media Group for coming together to produce some outstanding, award-winning titles," Senior Art Director Marty Harris said. "I"m really looking forward to making another great showing next year."

An elite group of magazine editors and designers judge the GAMMA Awards. Entry categories include General Excellence, Best Single Issue, Best Feature, Best Service Journalism, Best Series, Best Design and Best Photography. For additional information on Grand View Media Group, visit www.gvmg.com. About Grand View Media Group - Grand View Media Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of EBSCO Industries, a multibillion-dollar international conglomerate based in Birmingham, Ala.

Grand View Media Group specializes in consumer and business-to-business magazines, as well as custom publishing. The company currently publishes 15 titles and three directories covering the outdoors and business-to-business markets.

Grand View Media Group holds joint publishing ventures with some of the nation"s most widely reco