TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 11, 2012) -
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The Extra Awards celebrate outstanding advertising in newspapers and on their sites. Newspapers Canada is pleased to announce the winners of the Extra Awards for 2012.
The 2012 Extra's Best of Show is BleuBlancRouge with its outstanding execution for The Gazette "Tweet Edition".
Other award winners include stunning work from (in order of number of awards received):
| RETHINK |
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| Gold (3): |
Playland, "Falcon" and "Pigeon" |
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Metro, "Sharability Scale" |
| Bronze: |
Muskoka Brewery, "Cream Ale / Mad Tom" campaign |
| Honourable Mentions (2): |
Metro, "Sharability Graph" and "Sharability : Scale and Graph" campaign |
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| lg2 |
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| Gold (2): |
Sears Optical, "Nail / Clover / Match" campaign (won in 2 categories) |
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Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec, "Pavement Shreds" online |
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| Target Marketing |
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| Gold (2): |
Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism, "Iceberg Alley / Hiking / Secret Place / Iceberg / Big Land" campaign and "Find Yourself (x3)" campaign |
| Honourable Mention: |
Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism, "Find Yourself" online |
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| COSSETTE |
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| Gold: |
McDonald's, "Straw" |
| Bronze (2): |
Julyna, "C-word / Sun Don't Shine / Woo-Hoo" campaign |
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ANEB (Anorexie et boulimie Quebéc), "Distorsion cuillère / Distorsion couvercle" campaign |
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| Leo Burnett |
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Raising the Roof, "Job / Help / Outside / Dog" campaign |
| Bronze: |
IKEA, "Prices Have Fallen" |
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Flight Network, "Paper Airplane" |
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| BleuBlancRouge |
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The Gazette, "Tweet Edition" |
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| Dare |
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| Silver (2): |
BC Honda Dealers, "See What's Behind You" |
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Amour, "Golf" |
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| DentsuBos |
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| Honourable Mentions (2): |
CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health), |
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"Night Out / In Your Head / Change of Scenery" campaign |
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Eglise Catholique de Montréal, "Prions" |
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| JUNIPER PARK |
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| Silver: |
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, |
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"Lasantha / Anna / Tara" campaign |
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| Agency59 |
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| Honourable Mention: |
Buskerfest, "Buskers are coming (x2)" campaign |
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| BBDO Toronto |
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Mercedes-Benz Canada, "Fingerprints" |
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| Ogilvy & Mather |
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Unilever Dove, "Upside Down" |
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| Revolve |
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The Chronicle Herald - Herald Business, "The Chronicle Herald Business Takeover" online |
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| Taxi Toronto |
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Hockey Hall of Fame, "Dead Dreams (x2)" campaign |
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| WAX |
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Honda Prairie Dealers Association, "Soft Sell Event" |
Suzanne Raitt, VP of Marketing & Innovation at Newspapers Canada states, "We are thrilled with the quality and quantity of fabulous ads that are submitted each year to the Extra Awards. We continue to see print newspapers used to effectively deliver advertisers messages with powerful creative. As well, outstanding and innovative use of the newspaper medium contributed to the success of many of campaigns. In addition, ads on newspaper sites continue to impress with their originality and impact."
To view all the award winning ads, visit http://www.newspaperscanada.ca/extras or for French: http://www.journauxcanadiens.ca/prix-extra.