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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(DALLAS, Texas, August 14, 2006) – Magazine Partners, the custom publishing division of D Magazine, has just won three Magnum Opus Awards. The Magnum Opus Awards honor publications that provide distinction strategically, editorially, and visually.

Magazine Partners received a Gold Award in the Best Column/Department Design category for “From the Top” a lifestyle department launched with the inaugural issue of synnovation, the magazine of the EDS Agility Alliance. Magazine Partners also received two Honorable Mention Awards, one in a design category for its work on Sally Beauty magazine and one for production quality on UTD Network magazine.

“Branded content offers a viable, profitable marketing and journalistic medium for companies, and we’re honored to be recognized by the Magnum Opus Awards,” says Kristen Bohn, director of custom publishing for Magazine Partners.

The Magnum Opus Awards, sponsored by the Missouri School of Journalism, had more than 700 entries nationwide. Contest judges were chosen based on expertise and objective judging ability.

About Magazine Partners
Magazine Partners is the custom publishing division of D Magazine. As a multi-title publisher with expertise that reaches back more that three decades, Magazine Partners enables businesses to streamline operations by taking the reins in editorial, art direction, layout and design, prepress, printing, sales, and circulation, and distribution. Skilled to work in any niche market–from fashion and beauty to technology thought leadership–Magazine Partners creates publications that build a community for readers and a revenue stream for businesses. Clients include EDS Agility Alliance, Sally Beauty Company, and Southern Methodist University. Magazine Partners is a member of the Custom Publishing Council.