By any standards, it was a good night at the Asian Digital Media Awards for the South China Morning Post... but not unusually, local heroes Singapore Press Holdings didn't do badly either.

While Hong Kong-based SCMP took seven awards including four golds in the eighth annual awards, the Straits Times publisher bagged eight for its flagship title and a further two for citizen journalism site Stomp.

Another past winner back for more was Star Media's R.AGE youth site, which won golds for best use of online video and best innovation to engage youth audiences.

The annual regional awards, which received 185 entries from 29 media companies in nine countries, were jointly presented by WAN-Ifra and Google at the end of the first day of the Digital Media Asia conference.

Winners were:

Best news website: Gold- This Week In Asia by South China Morning Post; Silver- SCMP.com by South China Morning Post; Bronze- Stomp, Building an Active Community by Singapore Press Holdings.

Best in Lifestyle, Sports or Entertainment Website: Gold- HK Racing by South China Morning Post; Silver- Gold Joseph Schooling's Road to Rio by Singapore Press Holdings; Bronze- Every Little D by The News Lens

Best Digital Advertising Campaign (including branded content): Gold- Mr. Peanut x CE2017 by Next Mobile; Silver- The anatomy of cancer by Singapore Press Holdings; Bronze- Honda City BMCC Launch by New Straits Times Press (Malaysia).

Best Use of Online Video
(including virtual reality): Gold- Predator In My Phone by Star Media Group; Silver- Stakk Factory by Stakk Factory; Bronze- Are you future ready? by Singapore Press Holdings.

Best Data Visualisation Project: Gold- Belt and Road Initiative by South China Morning Post Publishers; Silver- The Power of Your Passport by South China Morning Post Publishers; Bronze- Bolts from the Blue by South China Morning Post Publishers.

Best News Mobile Service: Gold- SCMP - Mobile App by South China Morning Post Publishers; Silver- The Straits Times Apps by Singapore Press Holdings; Bronze- All the Queen's men and women by Singapore Press Holdings.

Best Lifestyle, Sports or Entertainment Mobile Services: Gold- 01 run together@ Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon by WeMedia01; Silver- South-east Asia's brightest hopes by Singapore Press Holdings; Bronze- Christmas in the City in 360 by Singapore Press Holdings.

Best in Social Media Engagement: Gold, Stomp, Activating Stomp's Awesome Citizen Journalists by Singapore Press Holdings; Silver- Live! @ The Newsroom by Singapore Press Holdings; Bronze- AkuIndonesia by PT Kompas Media Nusantara.

Best Innovation New Product: Gold- MaskOff by Stakk Factory; Silver- Visual Interaktif Kompas (VIK) by PT Kompas Cyber Media; Bronze- The Straits Times... coming to you from your smart home gadget by Singapore Press Holdings.

Best Innovation to Engage Youth Audiences: Gold- R.AGE Documentaries by Star Media Group; Silver- Stakk Factory by Stakk Factory; Bronze- Zetizen Jawa Pos National Challenge by PT Jawa Pos Koran.

Pictured: Winners gather for a group photograph

On our homepage: Chelsea Ng collects one of R.AGE's two golds from Patrick Daniel and Gilles Demptos