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whynow Wins Small Digital Publisher Of The Year At AOP Awards

We’re delighted to announce that whynow Media has been crowned Small Digital Publisher of the Year at the AOP Awards 2025.  Now in their 23rd year, the awards celebrate the individuals, teams and companies driving the growth and innovation of the digital publishing sector.  whynow launched in 2019 as an online magazine; since then it’s whynow Wins Small Digital Publisher Of The Year At AOP Awards

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Rock Sound Brings Together 14 Artists To Record Twenty One Pilots Tribute ‘Blurryface Reborn’ Celebrating 10 Years Since The Original Album’s Release

To mark 10 years since the release of the Twenty One Pilots album ‘Blurryface’, Rock Sound magazine has assembled 14 bands to record their own versions of their favourite tracks to create ‘Blurryface Reborn’. Artists featured on the compilation include Awolnation, James Marriott, NOAHFINNCE, Royal & The Serpent, YONAKA and Bambie Thug. The new album Rock Sound Brings Together 14 Artists To Record Twenty One Pilots Tribute ‘Blurryface Reborn’ Celebrating 10 Years Since The Original Album’s Release

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whynow Media nominated as Small Digital Publisher of the Year at the AOP Awards

We’re delighted to announce that whynow Media has been shortlisted in the Small Digital Publisher of the Year category  at the AOP Awards 2025.  The awards celebrate digital publishers large and small who are demonstrating the innovation, creativity, and tenacity that drives the success of the sector. Working across digital publishing, music merchandising, events and whynow Media nominated as Small Digital Publisher of the Year at the AOP Awards

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The Club That George Built shortlisted at the Global Production Awards 2025

Whynow Studios and Warner Bros. Discovery’s feature-length documentary film, The Club That George Built, has been nominated for a Global Production Award in the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion category. The Global Production Awards are unique in that they put the spotlight on the incredible production and location work required to get great films and TV The Club That George Built shortlisted at the Global Production Awards 2025

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Great Big Story nominated at The Webbys for the second year in a row 

The nominees for this year’s Webby Awards have been revealed and two films from Great Big Story have made the list.  Our wonderfully weird piece Would You Lick This Art? has made it into the very fitting Weird category, you can take a look at the official listing and vote here: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/video-film/general-video-film/weird  And our other Great Big Story nominated at The Webbys for the second year in a row 

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whynow music documentary Rebel Country to be shown on BBC2

It’s official, our feature-length documentary Rebel Country is coming to BBC Two this Autumn, after its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last year. Directed by Francis Whately and produced by whynow Studios and BMG, the film explores a new breed of authentic stars who are rewriting the rules and challenging the culture of country whynow music documentary Rebel Country to be shown on BBC2

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The Club That George Built nominated for British Sports Journalism Award

The shortlist for this year’s SJA British Sports Journalism Awards has been announced and our documentary, The Club That George Built, has made the list. It’s been nominated in the Best Television Documentary category, alongside films about Sir Alex Ferguson and Sven-Goran Eriksson. The awards recognise the creme de la creme of sports journalism – The Club That George Built nominated for British Sports Journalism Award

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Rock Sound nominated at Music Week Awards for work with Serenade and Sum 41

We’re delighted to announce that Rock Sound magazine has been nominated in this year’s Music Week Awards, for its partnership with Serenade and Rise Records in collaboration with Sum 41. Our nomination comes in the Music Consumer Innovation category, which celebrates projects that have changed the way that consumers experience music. Working with Serenade (home Rock Sound nominated at Music Week Awards for work with Serenade and Sum 41

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