Rare Medium Earns Top London International Advertising Award for Design WorkOn Starbright Foundation Web Site
DALLAS, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Rare Medium Inc., the Web consulting services arm of Rare Medium Group Inc. (Nasdaq: RRRR), received top recognition for its design work on the Starbright Foundation web site, adding to the two prestigious awards it received earlier this month for work on this project.
The 14th annual London International Advertising Awards (LIAA) selected Rare Medium as Winner in the not-for-profit category for interactive work, based on creativity, concept, execution, functionality, interactivity and overall impact by the most highly recognized professionals in their disciplines. The award's ceremony took place on November 15, 1999 at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London.
"Rare Medium is honored to receive the London International Advertising Award and we are very proud of our work with the Starbright Foundation. This award is a testament to the fact that the Internet is international. Impediments to doing business across all borders have been virtually eliminated with the growth of the World Wide Web," said Dan Roddy, senior vice president and general manager of Rare Medium's Los Angeles office.
The LIAA is the world's largest competition of its kind, with 17,266 entries this year, from 84 countries. This was the second year LIAA included Internet categories, one of the fastest-growing categories with more than 630 entries. Judges selected less than 1 percent of all entries to receive recognition including other Rare Medium finalists TiVo, Prographics and Equity Marketing.
Additionally, on November 4, 1999, Rare Medium received the Silver Award in the not-for-profit category for excellence in Internet communication for the healthcare industry from eHealthcareWorld Awards. The not-for-profit category recognizes the top web site created by an association or organization to meet the information, education, public policy and community needs of its constituents. This year's winners were selected based on objectives, results, content, style, interface and breakthrough impact.
The Starbright Foundation is dedicated to the development of projects that empower seriously ill children to combat the medical and emotional challenges they face on a daily basis. Through the efforts of Starbright Chairmen Steven Spielberg and General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, an innovative combination of leaders from the worlds of technology, medicine, and entertainment, have come together to ensure that no child need sacrifice quality of life to an illness.
About Rare Medium Group Inc.
Rare Medium Group Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Rare Medium Inc., www.raremedium.com, provides Internet solutions and E-commerce strategies that improve business processes and develop branding strategies, marketing communications and interactive content to large and medium-sized companies in the financial, automotive, consumer service, retail, technology, entertainment and consumer goods industries. Clients include Microsoft, The New York Times, Merrill Lynch, Epson and Hotel Reservations Network, among other leading companies. Rare Medium Group Inc. also invests in companies that offer paradigm-shifting ideas to incubate and capitalize the next wave of blockbuster Internet companies, which are further supported by the services of its Internet development and solutions subsidiary. Rare Medium Group Inc. is headquartered in New York City and with its subsidiaries employs more than 550 Internet professionals in its 12 offices throughout the United States, Canada and abroad. More information about Rare Medium Group Inc. and companies currently in development is available at www.raremediumgroup.com. Except for historical matters contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements reflect numerous assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties that may affect Rare Medium Group Inc., and its subsidiaries' business and prospects and cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ are Rare Medium's limited operating history; competition; low barriers to entry; reliance on strategic relationships; rapid technological changes; inability to complete transactions on favorable terms and those risks discussed in the company's filings with the SEC.
SOURCE Rare Medium Inc.
CO: Rare Medium Inc.; Rare Medium Group Inc.; Starbright Foundation
ST: Texas, New York, England
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11/22/1999 13:52 EST prnewswire.com |
