News Release

CraveOnline Sweeps Digiday Video Awards with Four Wins, Taking Home More Trophies Than Any Other Finalist

LOS ANGELES, CA DECEMBER 13, 2011 –Evolve Media Corp.’s CraveOnline (www.craveonline.com), one of the fastest growing next-generation male lifestyle sites, is proud to announce the win of four awards—more than any other finalist—at the 2011 Digiday Video Awards on Monday, December 12 in New York City.
 
The Digiday Video Awards honors overall excellence and breakthrough achievement in video media, marketing and advertising. CraveOnline collected the following four awards: Best Creative for Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (Universal McCann Sony Pictures Home Entertainment); Best in Banner Video for Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon (MEC Global for Paramount Home Entertainment); and Best Video Sponsorship as well as Cross Video Offline to Online Campaign for the EA MMA Fighter Exchange (Wieden + Kennedy).
 
“With its impressive victory at the DVAs, CraveOnline has officially set a heightened standard for both quality and innovation in the digital marketing space,” said Nick Friese, CEO of Digiday. “At Digiday, we are excited to see them lead the competition and inspire media companies everywhere to rise to the occasion.”   
 
“We are proud and honored to have been recognized by Digiday as a leader in both original video programming and creative production,” said John Keefer, Vice President and General Manager of CraveOnline. “Paired with CraveOnline’s massive male audience, it proved to be a powerful combination for the brands and marketers that partnered with us on these programs.”
 
To see a complete list of winners, please visit http://www.digidayvideoawards.com/Finalists11/.
 
 
About CraveOnline Media, LLC
CraveOnline (www.craveonline.com) is one of the premiere lifestyle destinations for young men ages 18-34 featuring video, movies, TV, music, sports, games, cars, humor and more. As one of the fastest growing destinations on the web, CraveOnline attracts 18.2 million unique visitors per month (October 2011, Comscore). CraveOnline strives to get users the most up-to-date and coolest content on the web. For advertisers, CraveOnline produces custom, integrated media programs that leverage rich media, video, mobile and social in ways that allow the marketing message to be an uninterrupted part of the user experience. Recent brand advertisers include Schick, Wrigley, IKEA, Universal, LG, Nikon,Coke, Pepsi, Unilever. The company is based in Los Angeles with sales offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Toronto CraveOnline is part of AtomicOnline (www.atomiconline.com), the publishing division of Evolve Media Corp.
 
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