2008 Webby Awards

The 12th annual 2008 Webby Awards were held on June 10, 2008 and emceed by SNL head writer Seth Meyers ^[1] and held at Cipriani, ^[2] a massive banquet hall in Manhattan's financial district. The Webby Film and Video Awards were held on June 9 at Skirball Center for the Performing Arts and were hosted by Judah Friedlander. ^[3] The awards were judged by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and winners were selected from over 10,000 entries. ^[4] Lorne Michaels was honored with a lifetime achievement award. ^[5]

Nominees and winners

(from http://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2008)

Category	Webby Award winner	People's Voice winner	Other nominees
Activism	Loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline (Archived 11 June 2008 via Wayback) RF Interactive	Invisible Children - Displace Me (Archived 10 June 2008 via Wayback) Digitaria	Eyes on Darfur (Archived 10 June 2008 via Wayback) Citizen
			H&M - Fashion Against AIDS (Archived 28 June 2011 via Wayback) Great Works
			Make It Right (Archived 16 May 2008 via Wayback) MGX LAB
Online Film & Video - Experimental	Crimeface (Archived 5 July 2008 via Wayback) Bellyfeel Limited		Atmosphere (Series) (Archived 20 August 2008 via Wayback) National Geographic Digital Media
			Close to paradise - prologue (Archived 17 June 2008 via Wayback) Bluesponge
			Rabbit (Archived 18 June 2008 via Wayback) MTV Networks / Atom Films
			The Encyclopedia of Life (Archived 3 June 2008 via Wayback) Avenue A | Razorfish
Online Film & Video - Variety	Tom Green's House Tonight TomGreen.com	The Totally Rad Show K/F Communications	Epic Fu Smashface Productions, LLC
			Screen Test The New York Times/T Magazine
			What's the Big Idea? with Danny DeVito GOOD
Games	Kongregate (Archived 10 June 2008 via Wayback) Kongregate		ElectroCity (Archived 13 June 2008 via Wayback) Rivet
			Launchball (Archived 10 June 2008 via Wayback) Preloaded
			Sharkrunners (Archived 8 June 2008 via Wayback) Discovery Communications, Inc.
			World Without Oil (Archived 11 June 2008 via Wayback) Writerguy LLC
Games-Related	The Escapist (Archived 9 June 2008 via Wayback) Themis Group Inc		Gamasutra.com (Archived 10 June 2008 via Wayback) Think Services
			GameLife Blog on Wired.com (Archived 9 May 2008 via Wayback) wired media
			Gamezebo (Archived 11 June 2008 via Wayback) gamezebo
			ROCK BAND.com (Archived 9 May 2008 via Wayback) Harmonix Music Systems/MTV Games/Mekanism
Mobile & Apps - Gaming	Nike 10R - Tone Mastering (Archived 7 April 2008 via Wayback) Mantra	Dr. Pepper iPhone Game - Matchcaps (Archived 21 December 2007 via Wayback) Imaginuity Interactive, Inc.	Cellufun http://wap.cellufun.com Cellufun, Inc.
			DHL Stack 'Em http://www.wwpl.net/webbys2008/dhl/stackit.html Ogilvy & Mather, NY
			Nickelodeon Mobile (Archived 5 July 2008 via Wayback) MTV Networks
Interactive Advertising - Game or Application	Coca-Cola Happiness Factory - metaverse (Archived 12 June 2008 via Wayback) Rivers Run Red		AXE Dirty Rolling Game (Archived 1 June 2008 via Wayback) BBH New York
			NBC's Bionic Woman - Bionic Assessment Test (Archived 15 June 2008 via Wayback) Fanscape
			Nike Plus Miles (Archived 7 June 2008 via Wayback) Tribal DDB GmbH, member of DDB Germany
			Orange 'Spot The Bull' (Archived 12 October 2012 via Wayback) POKE
Consumer Electronics	It's D Hakuhodo I-studio	Seduction by Light DDB Worldwide	Motorola - Motofone "RETHINK FONE" Draftfcb
			Sony Alpha - Next Level HMX Media
			Sony Vaio Dare
This table is not complete, please help to complete it from material on this page.

References

Winners and nominees are generally named according to the organization or website winning the award, although the recipient is, technically, the web design firm or internal department that created the winning site and in the case of corporate websites, the designer's client. Web links are provided for informational purposes, both in the most recently available archive.org version before the awards ceremony and, where available, the current website. Many older websites no longer exist, are redirected, or have been substantially redesigned.

1. Staff. "'The Simpsons Movie' Website Wins 2 Webby Awards for Interactive Agency '65 Media' and 20th Century Fox." Wireless News . 26 May 2008.
2. Malone, Michael. "Calendar: Where To Be & What To Watch." Broadcasting & Cable . 9 June 2008.
3. Thielman, Sam. "Colbert, Gondry among Webby Winners." Daily Variety . 6 May 2008.
4. Staff. "ON Networks Shows Garner Webby Recognition." Wireless News . 26 April 2008.
5. Staff. "People & Places." The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education . 25 August 2008.

External links

• Official website