Associated Content Honors Year's Best Content Producers, Awards $10,000 in Prizes

DENVER and NEW YORK, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Associated Content (http://www.associatedcontent.com), the leading online platform for original content producers, named the winners of its 2007 People's Media Awards, distributing cash prizes and recognition to some of Associated Content's highest-performing Content Producers.

Associated Content awarded a total of $10,000 in prize money across a variety of categories, including content quality and page-view performance. All Content Producers who published articles, video or audio content through Associated Content during 2007 were eligible to win.

"The People's Media Awards represent Associated Content's core commitment to encouraging and rewarding the participation of each Content Producer within this Content Economy," Geoff Reiss, CEO of Associated Content, said. "These award-winning Content Producers exemplify the connection between producers and consumers happening nearly a million times every day at Associated Content."

Associated Content has more than 100,000 registered Content Producers from across the U.S. and around the world and is open to anyone with an interest in creating and publishing content on any topic. Submissions are evaluated by Associated Content for financial compensation, ranging from up-front offers to page-view bonuses, along with highly discoverable distribution.

2007 People's Media Award winners reflected the breadth of voices among Associated Content's Content Producers, ranging from Rosa Hayes' powerful "Oklahoma City Mother Recounts the Death of Her Son" to Aaron Jaffe's hilarious video, "Diamonds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend." Successful and popular Content Producer Pam Gaulin won "2007 Content Producer of the Year."

Content Producers whose submissions finished in 2007 within the Top 1,000 "Top-Performing" pieces of content will be recognized on their Content Producer profile pages in the form of special "PMA" marks. Associated Content selected the "Best Of" award winners, with input from the Content Producer community. "Top-Performing" award-winners were derived from content-audience data.

"Rewarding content based on both qualitative and quantitative performance captures the essence of the people who produce content online in 2007 and beyond," Reiss said. "Whether you publish content on Associated Content, on your own blog or on your Facebook page, everyone wants to have an audience -- and quality completes the producer's connection with the consumer.

    "That's what Associated Content is honoring."

     The winners of the 2007 People's Media Awards:

     Content Producer of the Year
     Pam Gaulin
     Pam Gaulin's CP page
     Prize: $2,000

     Best of AC Text #1
     Michelle Devon
     Confessions of a Writer: The Ugly Truth About Being a Writer
     Prize: $1,000

     Best of AC Text of AC #2
     Rosa Hayes
     Oklahoma City Mother Recounts the Death of Her Son
     Prize: $1,000

     Best of AC Text #3
     Jean Riva
     How My Husband's Stroke Changed My Life
     Prize: $1,000

     Best of AC Video
     Aaron Jaffe
     Diamonds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend
     Prize: $1,000

     Best of AC Audio
     Ken McCoy
     Ken McCoy Entertainment Report
     Prize: $1,000

     Best of AC Slideshow
     Aly Adair
     Aly's Aesthetic Glory
     Prize: $1,000

     Top Performing Text:
     Bryce Baker
     Webkinz World Secret Cheat Codes
     Prize: $1,000

     Top Performing Richmedia:
     Kelly Fleming
     Craigslist: There is Something for Everyone
     Prize: $1,000

About Associated Content:

Associated Content is an online publishing platform that enables anyone to publish original content in any format on any topic and connects that content with the declared interests of consumers, advertisers and distribution partners. Those who contribute to Associated Content's ad-supported collection of original text, video, audio and images gain exposure and often earn compensation for their participation.

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