Rolling Stone's Obama issue wins ASME "cover of the year" award

Rolling Stone magazine won the American Society of Magazine Editors "cover of the year" award for its July 10-24 issue featuring Barack Obama. The results of the cover contest -- this year run as an online poll of consumers who visited Amazon.com -- was announced Wednesday at the Magazine Innovation Summit in New York City. There were more than 100,000 votes counted, according to a story in Audience Development.

Other category winners:

• Entertainment & Celebrity: Vanity Fair (January 2009 issue) 
• Sports & Fitness: Sports Illustrated (December 12, 2008 issue) 
• Fashion & Beauty: Harper’s Bazaar (March 2009 issue)
• House & Home: Veranda (October 2008 issue)
• Lifestyle: Condé Nast Traveler (August 2008 issue) 
• News & Business: New York (March 2, 2009 issue) 
• Science, Technology & Nature: Audubon (August 2008 issue) 
• Most Delicious: Bon Appétit (August 2008 issue) 
• Sexiest Cover: ELLE (December 2008 issue)

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