PinkNews wins at the Digiday Video and TV Awards

PinkNews won the Best Snapchat Show award closet critic and Best Snapchat Shows Producer at the 2023 Digiday Video and TV Awards.

After a year in which PinkNews added nearly 10 million subscribers on Snapchat, on Tuesday (March 7) we were recognized at the prestigious industry awards in two important categories related to the platform.

PinkNews took home the award for Best Snapchat Show for the second year in a row – this time for closet critica spunky weekly runway show launched in 2022 to explore the styles of Gen Z’s favorite stars and their impact on the world.

PinkNews previously won Best Snapchat Show at the 2022 Digiday Video and TV Awards for its flagship LGBTQ+ current affairs show The queer catch-up.

With an ever-growing portfolio of nearly 50 Snapchat shows that continue to fulfill PinkNews’ mission to “inform, inspire and empower,” the publisher was also recognized by Digiday as Best Snapchat Show Producer for 2023 — proof for global brand engagement with Gen Z audiences as the Most Viewed LGBTQ+ Publisher on Snapchat Discover.

“We are delighted to have won both the Digiday Best Snapchat Shows Producer Award and Best Snapchat Show for closet criticsaid Benjamin Cohen, CEO of PinkNews. “PinkNews has now won the award for Best Snapchat Show two years in a row and most recently won Best Snapchat Show Producer in 2020.

“Winning both awards showcases the groundbreaking video content PinkNews creates to reach large audiences. Since 2019, we’ve won 15 industry awards for our Snapchat content, which is a true testament to the team’s hard work, innovation, and creativity.”

As PinkNews Continuing to bring his unique brand of LGBTQ+ programming to millions of audiences via Snapchat, Cohen celebrated the publisher’s addition of foreign language content to the youth-focused platform.

“For PinkNews, Snapchat provides a global stage on which to showcase our content, and we’re excited to begin adding German language content to our roster of English and French shows on the platform this year,” said Cohen.

closet critic was previously highly acclaimed in the Launch/Relaunch of the Year category at the prestigious Professional Publishers Association (PPA) Independent Publisher Awards 2022, where Anthony James, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of PinkNews, was also named Game Changer of the Year.

2022 also saw The queer catch-up honored with the Best Use of Video award at the AOP Digital Publishing Awards, during a ceremony at PinkNews was highly acclaimed for Editorial Team of the Year – Consumers.