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 help 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
| Category | Webby Award winner | People's Voice winner | Other nominees |
| Activism | Loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline (Archived 11 June 2008 via Wayback) |
Invisible Children - Displace Me |
Eyes on Darfur (Archived 10 June 2008 via Wayback) |
| H&M - Fashion Against AIDS (Archived 28 June 2011 via Wayback) | |||
| Make It Right (Archived 16 May 2008 via Wayback) | |||
| Online Film & Video - Experimental | Crimeface (Archived 5 July 2008 via Wayback) |
Atmosphere (Series)
(Archived 20 August 2008 via Wayback) | |
| Close to paradise - prologue
(Archived 17 June 2008 via Wayback) | |||
| Rabbit
(Archived 18 June 2008 via Wayback) | |||
| The Encyclopedia of Life | |||
| 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) |
ElectroCity (Archived 13 June 2008 via Wayback) | |
| Launchball (Archived 10 June 2008 via Wayback) | |||
| Sharkrunners (Archived 8 June 2008 via Wayback) | |||
| World Without Oil | |||
| Games-Related | The Escapist (Archived 9 June 2008 via Wayback) |
Gamasutra.com (Archived 10 June 2008 via Wayback) | |
| GameLife Blog on Wired.com | |||
| Gamezebo (Archived 11 June 2008 via Wayback) | |||
| ROCK BAND.com (Archived 9 May 2008 via Wayback) | |||
| Mobile & Apps - Gaming | Nike 10R - Tone Mastering (Archived 7 April 2008 via Wayback) |
Dr. Pepper iPhone Game - Matchcaps (Archived 21 December 2007 via Wayback) |
Cellufun http://wap.cellufun.com |
| DHL Stack 'Em http://www.wwpl.net/webbys2008/dhl/stackit.html | |||
| Nickelodeon Mobile | |||
| Interactive Advertising - Game or Application | Coca-Cola Happiness Factory (Archived 12 June 2008 via Wayback) |
AXE Dirty Rolling Game (Archived 1 June 2008 via Wayback) | |
| NBC's Bionic Woman - Bionic Assessment Test (Archived 15 June 2008 via Wayback) | |||
| Nike Plus Miles (Archived 7 June 2008 via Wayback) | |||
| Orange 'Spot The Bull' (Archived 12 October 2012 via Wayback) | |||
| 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.
- Staff. "'The Simpsons Movie' Website Wins 2 Webby Awards for Interactive Agency '65 Media' and 20th Century Fox." Wireless News. 26 May 2008.
- Malone, Michael. "Calendar: Where To Be & What To Watch." Broadcasting & Cable. 9 June 2008.
- Thielman, Sam. "Colbert, Gondry among Webby Winners." Daily Variety. 6 May 2008.
- Staff. "ON Networks Shows Garner Webby Recognition." Wireless News. 26 April 2008.
- Staff. "People & Places." The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education. 25 August 2008.