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| [rohrpost] Webby Awards 2000 Reveal Winners |
Die ars electronica hat das Ding damals mehr oder weniger verschlafen, aber jetzt hat der Webby Award von I/O/D wenigstens noch einen Webbyaward bekommen. (Sehr verdaechtig ist uebrigens, dass als "People's Choice" eine Begleitwebsite zu einer Bill-Viola-Ausstellung einen Award bekommen hat, die erstens keine Netzkunst ist und zweitens vom San Francisco Museum of Modern Art stammt, das den Netzkunst-Award gesponsert bzw. mitgestaltet hat.) Gruesse, Tilman ----------------SCHNAPP!---------- For Immediate Release Contact: Patrick Kowalczyk, patrick@mkpr.com Michael Kaminer Public Relations, 415-974-7440 or 212-672-8098 Lisa Lazure, lazurel@fleishman.com Fleishman-Hillard, Inc., 415-348-2606 STARS TURN OUT TO HONOR THE BEST WEB SITES OF THE YEAR AT THE WEBBY AWARDS 2000® 3,000 Digerati Attend Glittering "Oscars of the Internet" San Francisco (May 11, 2000) - Capping a watershed year for the Internet, 3,000 digital dignitaries and wired celebs turned out to bestow Webby Awards on more than two dozen of the year's best Web sites. Presided over with wicked wit by Tony Award-winning actor Alan Cumming, the fast-paced, irreverent ceremony clocked in at under two hours thanks to the Webbys' strict five-words-or-less speech limit. (For a complete list of winners' speeches, go to http://www.webbyawards.com/press/index.html). An eclectic roster of stars, including comedian Sandra Bernhard, famed editor Tina Brown, and Mahir Cagri, the celebrated Turkish creator of the wildly popular Web site I Kiss http://members.xoom.com/_XOOM/primall/mahir/index.html, were also on hand to present this year's awards. Widely hailed as "the Oscars of the Internet," The Webby Awards are the leading international honors for Web sites. The awards are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, a diverse, 350-person organization whose membership includes David Bowie, Francis Ford Coppola, Julia Child, Robin Williams, Esther Dyson, Simpsons creator Matt Groening, Parker Posey, and Deepak Chopra. Crowd-pleasing favorites and a few controversial picks highlighted the evening as winners were called onstage to accept the coveted slinky-like statuettes. (See complete list of winners below) Big winners included the music file-sharing site Napster http://www.napster.com, which was named Best Music Site by both the Academy and by the more than 134,000 Web fans who registered to vote in the People's Voice Awards, The Webby Awards' tribute to democracy on the Web. Other sites earning dual accolades included: Cocky Bastard a.k.a. John Halcyon Styn (http://www.cockybastard.com), which nabbed Best Personal Web Site, a new category; search engine Google http://www.google.com (Best Technical Achievement); Merriam-Webster Word Central http://www.wordcentral.com (Best Education Site); Scholastic.com (Best Kids Site), ESPN.com http://www.espn.com (Best Sports Site), and four-time Webby winner The Onion http://www.theonion.com (Best Humor Site). Other Webby Awards' winners ranged from Web stalwarts such as MSNBC.com http://www.msnbc.com (Best TV Site) and Babycenter.com http://www.babycenter.com (Best Commerce Site) to unheard of gems such as France's The Cave of Lascaux http://www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en (Best Science Site) And, in what could constitute a virtual sweep, Slashdot.org http://slashdot.org, took People's Voice Awards home in both of the categories for which it was nominated: Best Community Site and Best News Site. "This year's winners hail from South Park, the South of France, Soho, and all points in between," said Tiffany Shlain, the founder and director of The Webby Awards. "What links them, however, is that they represent the best of the best in a medium that knows no boundaries. We're incredibly proud to shine the Webby spotlight on these extraordinary sites and the amazing people behind them." This year's ceremony also marked the debut of the SFMOMA Webby Prize for Excellence in Online Art. The $30,000 prize was awarded to Entropy8Zuper!, the Belgium-based team of Michael Samyn and Auriea Harvey. Three artists - Ichiro Aikawa, Young-hae Chang and Rafael Lozano-Hemmer - were recognized with honorable mentions and $6500 apiece. The winning artists will be featured in e.space at http://www.sfmoma.org. Shlain attributed the diversity of this year's nominees to the Webbys' first ever call for entries, which she said resulted in thousands of submissions from more than 27 countries. She said that aspiring Webby winners can submit their sites for consideration in the 2001 Webby Awards beginning tomorrow at http://www.webbyawards.com. In keeping with this year's dress theme, the top movers and shakers in cyber-culture, entertainment, media, and politics showed up at San Francisco's Masonic Auditorium in their "snazziest" attire. The Webby Awards were viewed online around the globe via a live Webcast on Yahoo! Entertainment (http://yahoo.entertainment/webby). After the gala event, winners, nominees, judges, guests, and friends rubbed elbows at the post-ceremony bash in San Francisco's breathtaking Huntington Park. For high-res photos of The Webby Awards, visit http://www.webbyawards.com/press/photos.html. Webby Awards 2000 Winners Activism, AdBusters, http://www.adbusters.org Arts, WebStalker, http://www.backspace.org/iod/iod4Winupdates.html Broadband, Video Farm, http://www.videofarm.com Commerce, BabyCenter, http://www.babycenter.com Community, Café Utne, http://cafe.utne.com/cafe Education, Merriam-Webster Word Central, http://www.wordcentral.com Fashion, Paul Smith, http://www.paulsmith.co.uk Film, Atom Films, http://www.atomfilms.com Finance, Gomez.com, http://www.gomez.com Games, Gamespy Industries, http://www.gamespy.com Health, ThriveOnline, http://www.thriveonline.com Humor, The Onion, http://www.theonion.com Kids, Scholastic.com , http://www.scholastic.com Living, Epicurious, http://www.epicurious.com Music, Napster, http://www.napster.com News, Jim Romenesko's Media News, http://www.poynter.org/medianews Personal Web Sites, Cocky Bastard, http://www.cockybastard.com Politics and Law, Politics.com, http://www.politics.com Print and Zines, Nerve, http://www.nerve.com Radio, Lost and Found Sound, http://www.lostandfoundsound.com Science, The Cave of Lascaux, http://www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux Services, Evite, http://www.evite.com Sports, ESPN, http://espn.go.com Technical Achievement, Google, http://www.google.com Travel, Outside Online, http://www.outsidemag.com Television, MSNBC, http://www.msnbc.com Weird, Stile Project, http://www.stileproject.com People's Voice Winners Activism, The Hunger Site, http://www.hungersite.com Arts, SFMOMA Presents Bill Viola, http://www.sfmoma.org/exhib/viola/fr_splast.html Broadband, Atom Films, http://www.atomfilms.com Commerce, Amazon, http://www.amazon.com Community, Slashdot, http://www.slashdot.org Education, Merriam-Webster Word Central, http://www.wordcentral.com Fashion, toddoldham.com, http://www.toddoldham.com Film, Internet Movie Database, http://www.imdb.com Finance, PayPal, http://www.paypal.com Games, Shockwave.com, http://www.shockwave.com Health, Intelihealth, http://www.intelihealth.com Humor, The Onion, http://www.theonion.com Kids, Scholastic.com, http://www.scholastic.com Living, Blue Mountain Arts, http://www.bluemountain.com Music, Napster, http://www.napster.com News, ABCNEWS.com, http://abcnews.go.com Personal Web Site, Cocky Bastard, http://www.cockybastard.com Politics & Law, FindLaw, http://www.findlaw.com Print & Zines, http://www.slashdot.org Radio, BBC Radio 1, http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1 Science, Monterey Bay Aquarium, http://www.mbayaq.org Services, Epinions, http://www.epinions.com Sports, ESPN, http://espn.go.com TV, CNN, http://www.cnn.com Technical Achievement, Google, http://www.google.com Travel, Discovery's Travel Channel, http://travel.discovery.com Weird, Stile Project, http://www.stileproject.com About The Webby Awards Widely hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet," The Webby Awards are the leading international honors for Web sites. Nominees and winners are chosen by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. The Webby Awards are an IDG event. Sponsors for the 2000 Webby Awards include Intel, Hewlett-Packard, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Adobe, Modem Media, Flyswat, Visa, Warburg Dillon Read, BeSeen, Xpedior, AboveNet, Audi, commission junction, worldlyinvestor.com, PlanetClick, One Media Place, Fleishman Hillard, netRaker, The Creative Group, Netpulse, Ofoto.com, Entertainment Weekly, Business 2.0, Access Magazine, NewCity.com, Metropolis Editorial, MVFX and MVFXi, divisions of Manex Entertainment, Inc., ArtByte, MacWorld, San Francisco Bay Guardian, MacWorld Expo, MSN bCentral, Internet World, Upside Media, EMC, We Also Walk Dogs, The Hornet, Pacific Bell, Honkworm, Illusion 2K, Bla-Bla.com, Atomz.com, FloNetwork, Image Bank, eVite, and United Airlines. Balloting is audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The live Webcast is produced by USA Video Interactive and hosted by Yahoo! Entertainment. For more information, visit http://www.webbyawards.com/press/index.html About the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences is dedicated to the creative, technical, and professional progress of the Internet and evolving forms of interactive media. The goal of The Academy is to assemble a unique and brilliant panel of leading new media experts, Web visionaries, journalists, and luminaries to propel the World Wide Web into the future. The Academy is an intellectually diverse organization that includes over 350 members such as film director Francis Ford Coppola, musician David Bowie, Chairman of Miramax Talk Media Tina Brown, cyberguru Esther Dyson, creator of "The Simpsons" Matt Groening, National Public Radio personality Ira Glass, computer scientist Jaron Lanier, and Oxygen Media President Geraldine Laybourne. Members also include writers and editors from publications such as Wired, Details, Fast Company, Elle, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Vibe, Forbes, and Premier. For more information, visit www.iadas.net. About IDG The Webby Awards are a business unit of IDG. IDG publishes more than 290 computer magazines and newspapers and 700 books and offers online users the largest network of technology-specific sites around the world through IDG.net, which comprises more than 240 targeted Web sites in 55 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 168 computer-related expositions worldwide and provides IT market analysis through 49 offices in 41 countries worldwide. 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