New York (PRWEB) April 14, 2009

Marking the historical achievements and global challenges in the 13th Annual Webby Awards today presented the slate of candidates that show potential of the Internet to thrive and innovate even in the most extraordinary of times.

rated as the Internet the highest honor of The New York Times, “Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Web sites, online film and video, interactive advertising and mobile Websites. nominations were announced this morning on the Internet It is a special episode of Rad Show, Revision3′s hit pop culture program. Completely Rad Show was winner of the Webby People’s Voice 12 th Annual Webby Awards. To view a message, go to http://revision3.com/trs/nubbins/ # = 2787: 3132nd

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Several candidates from powerhouses like NYTimes.com (13 nominations), NBC.com (12), and onions (8) upstarts like The Daily Beast (2) FAIL Blog (2), and Cookstr (second) in the the list also includes the social networking phenomena like Celebrity Tweet (Celebrity / Fan) and Digg (best practices), commercially produced, web hits for stars like FunnyorDie is “Prop 8: The Musical” with Jack Black and Neil Patrick Harris and WB.com ‘s Children’s Hospital “with Rob Corddry and Megan Mullally.

At the same time, reflects the rich years of candidates dominated by economic upheaval – “Sad Guys trading floor” (Weird) and Howcast is “How do I apply for unemployment” (How-To, DIY-Video) – and the important U.S. election that gave birth to such breakouts as Sarah Silverman, The Great Slug “(News & Politics video) and Ben Smith’s Politico.com blog (Blog – Political).

full list of nominees can be found at: http://www.webbyawards.com/nominees. Unlike other awards shows, where only judges choose the winners, Webby Awards also give the public an opportunity to decide who takes home Webby. From now until April 30, fans can cast their votes Webby People’s Voice Awards http://pv.webbyawards.com.

“Even during difficult times, the Internet has proven to be ground for experimental and innovative,” said David-Michel Davies, Executive Director of the Webby Awards. “It’s inspiring to see so many nominations this year, harnessing the power of social networking, mobile video and push the medium of an exciting new directions.”

13th Annual Webby Awards nominees include:

Other multiple nominees include: BBC (8), Onion (8), Guardian.co.uk (6), PBS (5), NPR (5), the Sundance Channel (5) Coraline (4), Wired.com (4 ), Discovery Communications, (4) and ESPN (4).

Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 participants from more than 60 countries. Candidates hail from 20 countries including the United Kingdom (58 nominations), New Zealand (17), Canada (13), Australia (11), Netherlands (11), Germany (10), France (7), Japan (5), Belgium, (4) Singapore (4), Hong Kong (3), Denmark (3), India (2).

This year, new sensations include: Black Cab Sessions (Music), Blurb.com (Services and Applications), Yearbook Yourself (Viral Marketing), Whopper Sacrifice (Online Guerilla and Innovation), FAIL blog (Humor and odd), Cookstr (best practices and food and drink) and “The Daily Beast (News and best practices).

Demonstrating the growing list of Internet in the cloud, the candidates for the film and video categories boast powerhouse casts: “Prop 8 Musical” (Jack Black, John C. Reilly, Neil Patrick Harris, Allison Janney,. Maya Rudolph) “great schlep” (Sarah Silverman), Children’s Hospital “(Rob Corddry, Megan Mullaley, Lake Bell Ed Helms),” Green Porno “(Isabella Rossellini) is LStudio” Web Therapy “(Lisa Kudrow),” Bags (Ed Norton) and “Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad” (Paris Hilton).

This year’s Best Viral nominees feed Internet addiction of all stripes: “Shiba Inu Live Puppy Cam”, “Bill O’Reilly Flips Out – Dance Remix” Website is Down “Sales Guy vs. Web Dude” dance feeling of “Where the Hell is Matt?” relevant and dark humor “Wassup 2008″.

Several agencies received many nominations for their client work, including R / GA (14) Wieden + Kennedy (8), Crispin, Porter + Bogusky (8), Hyperfactory (8), DDB (6) Razorfish (5), Goodby Silverstein + Partners (4), BBDO (4), Lean, mean Fighting Machine (3), Poke (3), and Euro RSCG (3).

This year’s winners will be announced May 5, 2009, and to honor the stars of the ceremony in New York on 8 June. Gala hosted Saturday Night Live, Seth Meyers, his will showcase the Webby’s famous five-word speech. Past headline moments speechmakers include Al Gore (“Please do not convert this vote”) and Stephen Colbert (“Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.” )

information about candidates for the Webby Awards categories honoring film and video, interactive advertising and mobile content, visit http://www.webbyawards.com/press/press-releases.php.

The Webby Awards:

rated as the Internet the highest honor of The New York Times, “Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites. Founded in 1996, The 13th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 states and more than 60 countries around the world. Webby Awards is presented by International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Sponsors Webby Awards include: Microsoft Silverlight; Creative Group, ORG, Getty Images, the Barbarian Group, Digital Kitchen, variety, Wired, IDG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2advanced.Net, KobeMail and Museum of the Moving Image <.. / P>

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