{"id":158,"date":"2008-12-16T10:01:21","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T10:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/?p=158"},"modified":"2008-12-16T10:01:21","modified_gmt":"2008-12-16T10:01:21","slug":"2008_best-of_publicity_and_mar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2008\/12\/2008_best-of_publicity_and_mar\/","title":{"rendered":"2008 Best-of Publicity and Marketing Very Official Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE NOMINATIONS ARE IN! Thanks to all for your submissions. I had to tweak some of the category labels slightly – forgive me, it being first year of the Life’s a Pitch<\/i> Best-of List and all. <\/p>\n

And here – we – go:<\/p>\n

Best Publicity Move<\/font>
<\/b><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Jeremy Denk interviews Sarah Palin<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  2. Hilary Hahn records something unplayable<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  3. Lang Lang performs at the Beijing Olympics<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    *Super special honorable mention: Alex Ross’ ‘The Rest Is Noise’ multi-year buyer-base-building blog<\/a> launches his book of the same name to great success. <\/i><\/p>\n


    Best Review<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Ron Rosenbaum walks out of The Metropolitan Opera<\/a>. <\/li>\n
    2. Vivien Schweitzer has a two-night-stand<\/a> with The Emerson String Quartet. <\/li>\n
    3. Anne Midgette admits to not liking Brahms<\/a>, and then reviews it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n


      Best Artist Interview<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Angela Gheorghiu goes nuts in Opera News<\/i><\/a>.  <\/li>\n
      2. Gustavo Dudamel speed dates<\/a>. <\/li>\n
      3. Anne-Sophie Mutter discusses shoulder rests<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n


        Best Feature Story<\/font>
        <\/b><\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Alex Ross on Bernstein<\/a> for The New Yorker.<\/i><\/li>\n
        2. Mark Swed on “elitism”<\/a> for The Los Angeles Times.<\/i><\/li>\n
        3. Jan Swafford on why we like The Art of the Fugue<\/i><\/a> for Slate.<\/b><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n


          Best Album Art<\/font><\/b>
          1. Nico Muhly,           Mothertongue<\/i><\/a> (Brassland), for being literal:<\/p>\n

          \"Mothertongue.jpg\"<\/span> <\/p>\n

          <\/p>\n

          <\/b>2. Franco Donatoni, ALGO IV<\/a> <\/i>(Stradivarius), for not Photoshopping…anything:<\/p>\n

          \"Donati.jpg\"<\/span>
          <\/p>\n

          <\/b><\/p>\n

          \n

          3. Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Shostakovich\/Symhony No. 4<\/a>, for making us look twice:<\/div>\n

          \"CSO.jpg\"<\/span>
          <\/p>\n

          Best Advertisement<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Pink’s hot dog stand in LA serves up Dudamel Dogs<\/a>. <\/li>\n
          2. The Metropolitan Opera’s rollover Doctor Atomic<\/i> ads<\/a>. <\/li>\n
          3. The Metropolitan Opera’s poster campaign for Satyagraha:<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            \"Satyagraha<\/span><\/p>\n

            <\/div>\n

            <\/p>\n

            Best New (in 2008) Music Blog<\/font><\/b> <\/p>\n

              \n
            1. Mark Adamo Online<\/a>
              <\/a><\/li>\n
            2. Performance Monkey<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n
            3. Scanning the Dial<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Best Overall Classical Music Coverage in a Blog or Newspaper<\/font>
              <\/b><\/p>\n

                \n
              1. The New York Times<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n
              2. The one-two punch of Opera Chic<\/a><\/i> and Parterre Box<\/i><\/a>.<\/li>\n
              3. Sequenza21<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                *Super special honorable mention: Slate.com<\/a>, because their coverage is always just so darn interesting. <\/p>\n

                <\/i>
                Overall Best Moment in Publicity and Marketing in 2008<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. New York City Opera gets back in the game and launches “I am City Opera<\/a>” video campaign. <\/li>\n
                2. The Washington Post <\/i>actually hires a classical music critic: Anne Midgette takes over<\/a> for Tim Page. <\/li>\n
                3. Classical music community rallies against the Cleveland Plain-Dealer’s<\/i> decision to reassign Don Rosenberg after Tim Smith breaks the news<\/a> on the Baltimore Sun <\/i>blog. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  *Super special honorable mention: Barack Obama’s campaign for President.<\/p>\n

                  <\/i>
                  E mail me                   here<\/a> to vote. Winners (”  “) will be announced the first week of January. <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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