Michael Kaminer PR (by way of Tilman Baumgaertel <tilman_baumgaertel@csi.com>) on Fri, 12 May 2000 14:24:42 +0200 (CEST)


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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 


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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. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com.

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