The prizes will be awarded at a special gala on May 24 at the CaixaBank Soho Theater in Malaga.
Organized by PRISA Audio and Cadena SER, in collaboration with Spotify, this is the first edition of these Awards, which are set to be the key event dedicated exclusively to this sector in the Spanish-speaking world.
In total, 888 candidates from more than 15 countries vied for the awards.
In the less than two years since the subscription model was rolled out, the newspaper has achieved a growth rate higher than that of most of the world’s leading newspapers and has positioned itself as the market leader nationally.
EL PAÍS continues to see sustained growth in the number of subscriptions, with an average growth of 6,000 new subscribers per month since its redesign.
The redesign of Cadenaser.com represents a further step forward in PRISA Media’s ongoing commitment to ambitious digital transformation
In keeping with an audio-first philosophy, the new website has overhauled its information hierarchy to put live audio and podcasts center stage
The shift in concept makes the site a key platform for SER's news and audio content, already available via other digital channels such as smart speakers and the mobile app
What sets the SER site apart is that users can access not just national and international news, but also local news, thanks to the integration of more than 100 sites from all major towns and cities
PRISA Audio is the world leader for non-linear audio production in Spanish with more than 412 million downloads and 800 million listening hours by the end of 2021, just six months after launch.
It consolidates its position as the top media streaming company in the Spanish-speaking world and the second worldwide, according to Triton Digital's latest Streaming Metrics Monthly Ranker.
In 2021, PRISA Audio topped the weekly rankings of the main audio aggregators in the market, with podcasts such as Nadie sabe nada, Estirando el Chicle, La Corneta, La vida moderna and Agur, ETA.
PRISA Audio is set to double production in 2022 in a quantitative and qualitative leap that will enable it to consolidate its position as the global creative gold standard for podcasts in Spanish.
PRISA Audio is a PRISA platform that brings together all of the Group's non-linear audio content: El País, AS, Cadena SER, Podium Podcast, Cadena DIAL, Los40, and the Latin American stations W Radio, Caracol Radio and ADN Chile, among others.