10th Annual Webby Awards Unveil Year's Best Web Sites
Myspace Founders, Thomas Friedman, The Gorillaz, Mark Cuban,
Internet Co-Inventor Dr. Bob Kahn, And Webby Winners To Be Honored
At June 12th Ceremony In New York
New York, NY (May 9, 2006) - The winners of the 10th Annual Webby
Awards will be saluted alongside a remarkable slate of Special
Achievement honorees, including the founders of Myspace.com, Thomas
Friedman, Mark Cuban, The Gorillaz, and Internet co-inventor Dr.
Robert Kahn, at the June 12th gala in New York City, the
International Academy of the Digital Arts and Sciences announced
today.
Webby Awards winners were revealed today in 69 business, consumer
and culture categories - from favorites like Community,
Fashion, Film and Politics to new
categories making their debut this year such as Podcasts, Best
Visual
Design, Business Blog and Best Use
of Video or Moving Image. The 10th Annual Webby Awards received a
record 5,500 entries from over 40 countries around the world.
Laptop Battery In addition, over 300,000 votes were cast by people around the
world speaking out for their favorite sites as part of the People's
Voice Awards. A full list of Webby Award and People's Voice Award
winners - and the people behind them - can be found at
www.webbyawards.com.
"This award is a tribute to the artistry, hard work, and vision of the creative team who produce our website portal. This recognition, " says Cury, "demonstrates how webcams have become an integral part of the tourism industry's marketing efforts". The 10th Annual Webby Awards received a record number of entries from over 40 countries and all 50 states. Hundreds of thousands of votes were cast, making this the most successful Webby People's Voice Awards ever.
Thinkpad Organizers also announced recipients of this year's Webby
Special Achievement awards, including:
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Microsoft * Webby Breakout of the Year: social networking sensation
MySpace.com and its founders Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe.
* Webby Artist of the Year: The Gorillaz, the world's most
successful virtual band and a pioneer in fusing
music and animation.
* Webby Entrepreneur of the Year: Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas
Mavericks and HDNet and evangelist for the power of technology to
drive change.
* Webby Person of the Year: Thomas Friedman, New York Times
columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The World is Flat: A
Brief History of The 21st Century.
* Webby Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Robert Kahn, co-inventor
of the TCP/IP protocols, the technology used to transmit
information on today's Internet.
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Laptop Computers Proclaimed "the online equivalent of an Oscar" by the New York
Times (June 21, 2005), The Webby Awards is the leading
international honor for Web sites and the innovators behind them.
The Webby Awards is presented by the Academy, a global organization
with over 500 members including musician David Bowie, Virgin Group
founder Richard Branson, The Body Shop president Anita Roddick,
"Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, Naked Chef Jamie Oliver, and
fashion designer Max Azria.
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Laptop Computer Over 600 winners, industry leaders, and celebrities will attend
the June 12th ceremony at New York City's landmark Cipriani Wall
Street For the second year in a row, Rob Corddry of The Daily Show
with Jon Stewart will emcee the evening's festivities.
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Desktop Computer In keeping with Webby tradition, all winners and Webby Special
Achievement honorees will be limited to five-word acceptance
speeches. Last year's Webby Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Al
Gore made worldwide headlines with his speech - "Please don't
recount this vote."
Notebooks "The winners of the 10th Annual Webby Awards reflect the web's
incredible diversity and the vital role it plays in all aspects of
our daily lives," said Tiffany Shlain, Webby founder and
ambassador. "We're proud to salute the people and organizations
whose groundbreaking ideas are reshaping how we experience our
world."
Lenovo Highlights of the 10th Annual Winners
include
Hard Drive * Winners ranged from new and up-and-coming sites like The
Huffington Post (Political Blog), Style Wars (Best Visual Design)
and FabChannel.com (Music) to powerhouses like Paypal
(Financial Services), ESPN (Sports), Expedia (Travel), and Bank of
America (Banking/Bill Paying).
* Reflecting the past year's news, trends, and ideas, winners
include The Katrina Help Center (Charitable Organization), San
Francisco's disaster preparedness site 72Hours (Government) and
hybrid vehicle guide UCS HybridCenter
(Guides).
* Sites winning in more than one category include BBC for BBC
Cumbria/Digital Lives (Community) and BBC News (News); Google for
Google Earth (Best Visual Design/Function and Broadband) and Google
Maps (Services); and Flickr (Best Navigation/Structure and Best
Practices). BOOK OF COOL won three People's Voice Awards for Best
Navigation/Structure, Best Use of Video or Moving Image and
Retail.
* People's Voice winners included established sites like
BabyCenter (Kids/Parenting), MyYahoo! (Best
Home/Welcome Page), Library of
Congress (Cultural Institution), and CNET
(Guides/Reviews/Ratings), as well as popular favorites like
TripAdvisor (Community), CuteOverload (Cultural/Personal Blog),
and Bebo (Social Networking).
* 19 sites won both a Webby Award and a People's Voice Award
including: Redken Haircolor
(Beauty and Cosmetics), Style.com
(Fashion), The Onion (Humor),
2006 Sundance Film Festival (Movie and Film), mediaBOOM
(Professional Services), Above the Influence (Youth) and Google
Maps (Services).
* International winners of The 10th Annual Webby Awards include:
The United Kingdom's Official Portable PlayStation Site (Consumer
Electronics), The Netherlands' Fabchannel.com
(Music), New Zealand's
NewZealand.com/travel (Tourism), and Canada's Big Ideas Come from
Big Pencils (Best Visual Design/Aesthetic).
* Arnold Worldwide, POKE, Avenue A/Razorfish , Critical Mass, DDB,
Big Spaceship, Second Story Interactive, Framfab, Mullen, and Bloc
Media are among the interactive, advertising, and design agencies
behind the winning sites.
Travelstar Title Sponsors for The 10th Annual Webby Awards
are:
Gateway * AOL LLC, a leading network of Web brands including the new
AOL.com, AOL's next generation broadband Web portal, which offers
an extensive array of content and features available for free. Web
users can access industry leading communication products; the best
programming from news, sports and personal finance to
music, movies, television and
games; as well as an innovative video media experience, all from
one place.
* The Creative Group, a division of Robert Half International, the
premier staffing company for creative professionals.
Laptop Parts For a list of all winners of The 10th Annual Webby Awards, visit
www.webbyawards.com
Software About The Webby Awards:
Founded in 1996, The Webby Awards is the leading international
honors for Web sites. The Webby Awards is presented by The
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 535-member
judging organization consisting of leading experts in a diverse
range of fields. Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include:
AOL.com, The Creative Group; Verizon; Adweek Magazines; Fortune and
FSB; OnRequest Images, IDG; PricewaterhouseCoopers; iStockphoto,
American Marketing Association; 2Advanced Studios, 2 Advanced.net;
MX Interactive. For more information visit www.webbyawards.com.
Hard Drives About the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
(IADAS):
The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences is
dedicated to the creative, technical, and professional progress of
the internet and interactive media. The Academy is an
intellectually diverse organization that includes over 500 members
consisting of leading experts in a diverse range of fields, such as
musician David Bowie, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson,
business guru and author Tom Peters, The Body Shop president Anita
Roddick, fashion designer Max Azria,
Simpsons creator Matt Groening and Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser.
The Webby Awards and The International Academy of DigFor more
information, visit www.iadas.net.
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