WASHINGTON, May 9, 2003

CBSNews.com Wins 'EPpy' Award

2003 EPpy Goes To CBSNews.com For Best TV/Cable Site

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(CBS)  CBSNews.com has won the 2003 EPpy award for the “Best Overall Network TV/Cable-Affiliated Internet Service” category. The EPpy Awards competition, sponsored by Editor & Publisher and MediaWeek magazines, honors excellence in online work by media companies.

Besides CBSNews.com, the other finalists for this category were MSNBC.com and HGTV.com.

NYTimes.com, the Internet arm of The New York Times, won in the “Best Overall Newspaper-Affiliated Internet Service” category for sites with more than one million monthly visitors.

CBS MarketWatch.com was named the “Best Internet Business Service.” The “Best Internet Sports Service” award went to ESPN.com.

The BBC World Service in the best network radio Internet service category.

“I am incredibly proud of the staff of CBSNews.com who work so hard to bring people the news all day, every day,“ said Michael Sims, the Director of News and Operations at CBSNews.com. “We are flattered to be in such prestigious company,” he added.

CBSNews.com is the Internet service of CBS News.

The EPpy Awards were presented at the Interactive Media Conference and Trade Show in San Diego. The 2003 competition attracted more than 400 entries.

To see the complete list of winners, click here.

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