OREANDA-NEWS. On November 22, 2007 Newspaper "Novyi Azovstalets" and TV project "Region "Azovstal" became the winners of the contest "The best corporate Mass Media in the steel industry of Russia and CIS countries – 2007", which was organized by the editorial staff of the magazine "Металлоснабжение и сбыт" in Moscow, reported the press-centre of Azovstal.

Newspaper "Novyi Azovstalets" was announced to be the winner in nomination "The best edition of iron & steel companies of CIS countries" among such editions, as "Promyshlennye Novosti" ("Intertype"), "Metallurg" (Donetsk Iron & Steel Works), "Metallurg" ("ArcelorMittal"), "Electrometallurg" ("Dneprospezstal").

TV program "Region "Azovstal"" took the first place in nomination "The best electronic corporate Mass Media (TV, CIS)" among the following editions: electronic magazine "Vestnik Lin" (Centre Orgprom), TV program "Mikhailovskiy GOK – new time" and studio TV), TV company "TV-IN" (ММК), kostromukshskaya TV company "Sinema" ("Karelskiy okatysh"), TV program "Vorkutaugol" in lens" ("Vorkutaugol"), "Radio VMZ" (Vyksunskiy iron & steel works), editorial staff of radio program "Magnitogorskiy radio centre" (ММК), FM-radio station "Kostromuksha-Media" ("Karelskiy okatysh").

The corporate mass media contest is hold by the specialized magazine "Metallosnabzhenie I sbyt" (Russia) within the bounds of exhibition "Metal-Expo", starting from the year 2003. The winners are defined by criteria of professionalism of journalists, operators’ and TV director’s work, sound supervising, dubbing, design, operability of information presentation, creative approach and non-standard choice of topics. The goal of the contests is to promote formation and development of corporate mass media market in mining and steel complex and to define the most successful and qualitative projects in the industry.

"We give very serious attention to work with corporate mass media. For us it is one of the most important instruments of corporate internal communication, — announced Dmitriy Livshits, General Director of Azovstal Iron & Steel Works.—. internal communications, to which belong our corporate mass media, is a part of managing strategy for success of Metinvest Group".

For Azovstal it is the third winning. In 2005 newspaper "Novyi Azovstalets" was recognized to be the best in CIS corporate printed publication, and the project "Rabochee Radio" took the first place in the contest of corporate mass media in CIS countries.