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News from ShowStoppersShowStoppers media reception to again host PC World Magazine “20 Most Innovative Products” awards during CES 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. and AUSTIN, TX., Sept. 24, 2007 – PC World, winner of the 2007 ASBPE (American Society of Business Publication Editors) Award for Best Business-to-Business Web Publication of the Year, today announced it will present the 2008 PC World “20 Most Innovative Products Awards” during ShowStoppers® at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Open only to invited media, columnists, industry analysts, and selected investment firms, ShowStoppers @ CES is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 7, 2008, 6-10 pm at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas. With this agreement, PC World and ShowStoppers bring together for the seventh consecutive year industry-leading technologies and hundreds of journalists and decision-makers for in-depth interviews, demonstrations, and sneak previews. The 2008 PC World “20 Most Innovative Products Awards” honor trend-setting products that have emerged with the convergence of PC technology and consumer electronics. The winning products combine unique qualities with envelope-pushing design and function. In addition, PC World will showcase highlights of the “20 Most Innovative Products Awards,” as chosen by PC World editors, in an article scheduled to appear in the February 2008 issue. “This is a special and enduring partnership with PC World that brings added attention to the winners,” said Steven J. Leon, co-founder and partner, ShowStoppers. “It also creates new opportunities to introduce the press to the future of business, consumer, lifestyle and digital technologies for work, home and play – which is precisely what ShowStoppers is known for.” The editors of PC World will consider hundreds of candidates before selecting the 2008 PC World “20 Most Innovative Products Awards” winners. For more information about the awards, please email innovations@pcworld.com. About PC World PC World Communications Inc., a subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading technology media, events, and research company is the publisher of PC World, PCWorld.com, and home of the PC World Test Center. The winner of the 2007 Maggie Award for Best Computer Magazine, PC World has a readership of 4 million total purchase influencers (IntelliQuest CIMS, Spring 2007: Total unduplicated, combined Average Issue Audience: Business, Home, and Dual Studies). With an average of over 6.6 million unique visitors per month (HBX, May 2007 – July 2007), PCWorld.com is the winner of the 2007 ASBPE Award for Web Publication of the Year and a leading online resource for technology product buyers and users, offering them Solutions for a Connected World™ About ShowStoppers ShowStoppers is the only producer of press-only special events with global experience and expertise. Now in its 15th year, ShowStoppers events are regularly attended by, among others, ABC, CBS, BBC, Bloomberg, CNN, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, This Old House Magazine, Business Week, Consumer Reports, engadget, Fortune, Forbes, Good Housekeeping, Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline, Maxim, Money, Outlook 4Mobility, the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Stuff, USA Today, C/Net, Dow Jones, eWeek, IDC, InfoWorld, Jupiter Research, Network World, Newsweek, PC Magazine, PC World, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, USA Today and ZD Net. ShowStoppers has hosted the PC World awards for six consecutive years and is partnered with Hannover Fairs USA Inc., PR Newswire, the Wi-Fi Alliance, the Austin Wireless Alliance, and Women in Technology International. The next ShowStoppers events are ShowStoppers for the Digital Holiday, 26 Sept. 2007, in New York City; ShowStoppers @ CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment, 22 Oct. 2007, in San Francisco; ShowStoppers @ CES, 7 Jan. 2008; and PressExpoUSA, 3 Mar. 2008, in Hannover, Germany, at CeBIT, the world’s largest trade fair for digital, IT and telecommunications for work and home. For details on how to participate as a sponsor, contact Dave Leon, director of sales for ShowStoppers, at 845-638-3527. Contacts: Rose Kwass Steve Leon Back to top |
