Record of the Day Awards for Music Journalism and PR 2006
The full list of 2006 Record of The Day Award winners is as follows:
Winners 2006 Live Reviews - writer of the year
Runner up: John Aizlewood
Winner: Chris Elwell-Sutton
Best music coverage in a consumer publication
Runner up: Big Issue
Winner: Time Out
Best PR campaign for a breakthrough UK act
Runner up: Susie Ember at Virgin Records for The Kooks
Winner: Murray Chalmers at EMI Records for Lily Allen
Best PR campaign for an established UK act
Runner up: Sundraj Sreenivasan at Polydor for Scissor Sisters
Winner: Six07 Press for Razorlight
Record Reviews - Writer of the year
Runner up: Kitty Empire
Winner: Alexis Petridis
Best music coverage in a national newspaper
Runner up: The Observer
Winner: Michael Hann for The Guardian
Music business writer of the year
Runner up: Owen Gibson
Winner: Adam Sherwin
Best PR campaign for an established non-UK act
Runner up: Sundraj Sreenivasan at Polydor for Nelly Furtado
Winner: Rachel Hendry at Mercury for The Killers
Best PR campaign for a breakthrough non-UK act
Runner up: Phoebe Sinclair at Warner Bros for My Chemical Romance
Winner: Andy Prevezer and Daniel Lloyd-Jones at Warner Music for Gnarls Barkley
Best music podcast
Runner up: Xfm Sessions
Winner: Mike Diver for Drowned In Sound podcast
Editor of the year
Runner-up: Paul Brannigan
Winner: Conor McNicolas
Best independent PR company
Runner-up: Darling Department
Winner: Toast
Best independent PR person
Runner up: Dan Walsh (Incubator)
Winner: Ruth Drake (Toast)
Free music magazine of the year
Runner up: Vice
Winner: Will Kinsman for The Fly
Best online music publication
Runner-Up: Drowned In Sound
Winner: Popjustice
Best in-house PR person
Runner Up: Murray Chalmers
Winner: Andy Prevezer
Best in-house PR department
Runner up: EMI
Winner: Polydor
Popular Press: Best journalist
Runner Up: Joe Mott - The Star
Winner: Simon Cosyns - The Sun
Breaking Music: Writer of the year
Runner-up: James Jam
Winner: Peter Robinson
Artist and Music Features: Writer of the year
Runner up: Dan Cairns
Winner: Alexis Petridis
Popular Press: Best music section
Runner Up: Star - Hot
Winner: The Sun - Something for the Weekend
Music Magazine of the Year
Runner up: Word
Winner: NME
Outstanding Contribution to Music Journalism:
Allan Jones
Outstanding Contribution to Music Photography:
Tom Sheehan