Yoga Journal Receives Webby Award Nomination for Best Magazine Website

SAN FRANCISCO, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Yoga Journal (http://www.yogajournal.com) was nominated today for the Best Magazine Website of 2008 by the 12th Annual Webby Awards. Winners will be announced on May 6, 2008, in New York City. This year, the Webby Awards received 10,000 entries from all 50 states and more than 60 countries worldwide. Each category has only five nominations each.

YogaJournal.com is the premier online source for yoga poses, meditations, podcasts, playlists, and classes. YogaJournal.com appeals to yoga beginners as well as yoga teachers and professionals. The Yoga Journal Sequence Builder, an interactive tool designed to encourage students to practice at home, was nominated for a 2008 MIN Best of the Web Award for Best Online Tool. This year, YogaJournal.com was also nominated for three Western Publication Association's Maggie Awards for its My Yoga Mentor email newsletter.

As a nominee for a Webby Award, YogaJournal.com is also eligible to win a People's Voice Award. People's Voice voting is open to the public from April 8 to May 1 at http:pv.webbyawards.com.

About Yoga Journal

Yoga Journal (YogaJournal.com) is the largest-circulation yoga magazine in the country. Founded in 1975, its paid circulation is 360,000. Yoga Journal holds several conferences a year, including its annual Colorado conference. It also produces many best-selling yoga books, videos, and DVDs.

In September 2006, the magazine was acquired by Active Interest Media, Inc. (aimmedia.com). Based in El Segundo, California, AIM is a consumer-enthusiast media company that serves a base of loyal constituents through print, events, and online products. The company was formed in October 2003 by Efrem "Skip" Zimbalist III and the private equity investment firm Wind Point Partners.

In addition to its Healthy Living Group -- which includes Yoga Journal, Backpacker, Vegetarian Times, Better Nutrition, Optimum Wellness, SNEWS(R) and Whole Foods Market(R) magazine -- the company also publishes Southwest Art, American Cowboy, Log Home Design, Log Home Living, Timber Home Living, Building Systems, Black Belt, and Yachts International. AIM produces and markets videos and books and produces 12 shows on log homes and more than two dozen building seminars. The company also produces the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show(R), the largest boat show in the world.