"It was extremely
gratifying to win the EPpy, because it reinforced that our approach
-- exceptional utility, smart content and a unique, authentic site
voice and personality -- is a truly industry-leading formula."
Leigh Behrens
Editor, Metromix.com
"Winning the 2002 EPpy for Best Overall US Newspaper Online in the 100,000 to 250,000 circulation and even being a finalist in the 2003 EPpy's for the Entertainment and Shopping categories meant that the hard work and dedication of our small but determined PghLIVE.com staff is recognized beyond the Pittsburgh market. Too, it meant that the industry we are in, recognizes and appreciates that everyone online along with the print side (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review & Tribune-Review) is creating a true "choice" for the Pittsburgh market and beyond.
Being a separate division within an independent publishing company, and not part of a chain means that we continue to push for online improvements without some of the benefits of corporate wide technology and resources. In many ways this is exactly the irony of the Internet, in that it is all about LOCAL projected GLOBAL. To us it means you don't have to be the biggest to be the best.
Win or lose, we always look forward to the ideas and efforts which come from the EPpy awards themselves."
Edward A. Kost
General Manager, PghLIVE.com & New Media Tribune-Review Pub. Co.
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