mStar Online scores a Malaysian first at Asian Digital Media Awards

From left: mStar product manager Michael A. Fredericks, mStar executive editor Rozaid A. Rahman and mStar entertainment editor Niezam Abdullah pose after receiving the Bronze for the Asian Digital Media Awards in Hong Kong.

HONG KONG: Malaysia scored a first when mStar Online became the first Bahasa Malaysia news portal to win an international award for digital news.

The Star Media Group-owned mStar Online won a bronze award at the prestigious Asian Digital Media Awards presented by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-Ifra) here Wednesday.