On Tuesday, the 14th Annual Webby Awards announced finalists for the Internet’s top honors. The “Oscars of the web,” as CNN International anchor and correspondent Errol Barnett called the honor in a tweet linking to his segment about the nominees, will be handed out on June 14. The ceremony will mark the end of Internet Week New York 2010.
Internet and pop culture standouts nominated this year include Twitter, foursquare, “The Hangover” star Zach Galifianakis, David After Dentist, Texts from Last Night, Hulu, Mashable, and ColbertNation. According to the Webby Awards, NYTimes.com leads with 15 nominations, followed by BBC with nine nods; and The Onion, Next New Networks and CollegeHumor, each earning six nominations. Beliefnet, for which I monitor and contribute to its community discussion boards, was named one of the nominees in religion and spirituality.
This year, the international award honoring excellence on the Internet launched the Webby People’s Voice Awards. Judges such as Martha Stewart, David Bowie, and Arianna Huffington will pick the winners among the finalists, but fans of these sites can vote for their favorites through April 29. Click here to register and vote: http://webby.aol.com.
“What makes The Webby Awards so much fun is that fans help select the winners, and now that they can vote on our partner networks like AOL and YouTube, we’re expecting more people than ever to participate,” said David-Michel Davies, executive director of The Webby Awards, in a press release. “Over the next three weeks, we’re going to see who has what it takes to win the battle for Web supremacy.”
