Jimmy Fallon and TWITTER Big Winners in 2009 Webby Awards
Friday, May 15th, 2009http://www.awardsandhonors.com/news.html?id=160
New York, NY (May 5, 2009) – The 13th annual Webby Award winners were announced today with big winners including Jimmy Fallon (Webby Person of the Year), Trent Reznor (Webby Artist of the Year) and Twitter (Webby Breakout of the Year).
Other special achievement honorees included Sarah Silverman, Lisa Kudrow and Seth MacFarlane.
Multiple winners were led by NPR (7 Webbys), NYTimes.com (6 Webbys), NBC.com (6 Webbys), Next New Networks (5 Webbys) and PBS (4 Webbys).
The Webby Awards are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 650-person judging academy whose members include David Bowie, Harvey Weinstein, Arianna Huffington, Matt Groening, Vinton Cerf, and Richard Branson.
This year’s award presentations will take place on June 8, 2009 in New York City.