The 2017 PANPA Advertising & Marketing Awards finalists were announced today for news media publishers from around the Asia-Pacific region.

The awards recognise and celebrate advertising and marketing campaigns created by the news media industry, as well as leadership in advertising sales and marketing teams in Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific and Asia. The awards are presented in conjunction with the annual news media industry conference.

“The Advertising & Marketing Awards recognise the outstanding talent and work that is reshaping how the news media industry markets and sells itself to readers, advertisers and media agencies,” a NewsMediaWorks spokesperson said.

“The entries for this year’s awards were once again outstanding, and demonstrated why our region is seen as one of the most innovative in the world when it comes to advertising and marketing within news media publishers.

“The high calibre of submissions made selecting the winners a very challenging decision for our judges. Congratulations to all the finalists in a very competitive field.”

The Advertising categories recognise publishers’ in-house work only, while both agency and in-house executions are eligible for the Marketing categories.

Click here to find out the finalists for this year’s PANPA Advertising & Marketing Awards.

Winners for the 2017 Advertising & Marketing Awards will be announced on Thursday 7 September at a cocktail event, hosted again by media personality James Mathison at The Art Gallery of NSW.