AD FAQ
1. How come you don’t have this or that person on your predictions list? Everyone knows he/she is going to be nominated?
We offer up a contender tracker, which is not a predictions list. This is a record, of sorts, of who is gaining momentum throughout the year. Sometimes, though, there is a film or a name that deserves to be remembered either because it was well reviewed or because one of our staff felt it good enough for voters to remember. It turns into a predictions list after nominations and at that point it becomes more of a “general consensus” than an actual predictions.
2. Can I write in suggestions?
Sure you can. But we reserve the right to mull it over. We couldn’t put up every name that gets sent to us or it would be of no use to anyone, lest of all, us.
3. How do we contact you?
You can send an email to me (Sasha Stone) or to Ryan Adams.
4. You have movie ads on your site from studios – do they pay you to hype their movies?
They don’t pay us to hype their movies. No studio has ever even asked. They advertise to our audience of readers, many of whom are Academy members and other industry types. It’s a niche site, which means that it is targeted at a specific group rather than the public-at-large. This is how Awards Daily keeps running every year.¬†¬†¬† Admittedly, it’s more difficult for blogs since we don’t have a separate advertising department (which would be nice), and we’ll admit that it is sometimes hard not to think well of a studio that advertises — we believe that is ultimately unethical, however, so we try to cover films the way we would whether they were advertising with us or not.
5. Can I advertise with Awards Daily?
Yes. We offer many different options for advertising, from our top tier Oscar campaigns, to smaller text ads or fixed locations for personal sites. Contact me for more info.
6. Who pays for your giveaways? Are they from studios?
Most of the time, we pay for them. Studios have nothing to do with the giveaways unless they have planned one in advance. We will always make a note when it’s a studio promotion versus our own promotion. Contests so far have not been sponsored and come out of AD’s own pocket.
7. Is Awards Daily owned by any parent company?
No. It was built by Sasha Stone, me, who started it as Oscarwatch back in 1999. It later became Awards Daily after she (I) was sued for copyright infringement.
8. Is Awards Daily hiring?
We have a small staff of writers but are always looking for interns, especially to help build up our Contender Tracker site and a few other subsites we have on the horizon. Contact me for more info on that.
9. I wrote to you but you never responded.
My stupid inbox gets so full that I often completely forget someone emailed me. If it is really important, please send it again. Don’t take my non-response for me not wanting to take your suggestion, or follow your link, or whatever. It’s just my crazy day. I want to thank everyone who has written in to tell me how much they love this site. I so appreciate each and every email sent – I can’t always respond but I try to say thank you whenever possible. If I never did, I’m saying it now: thank you. You readers make this site what it is.
Sasha
I just wanted to thank you for everything you do with your website and awards season.
I have been following you since the beginning, and awards season is my favorite time of year.
I don’t know what I’d do without Awards Daily.
Thanks again
Bill Dalesandro
Pittsburgh PA