Webby Award Winners: Teh Internets Finezt?

by Jarrett Martineau | May 6, 2008 at 09:32 am

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The 12th Annual Webby Award winners have been announced and the internet's most webtastic winners include: the formidable, satire-free news institution The New York Times, the satirical news site The Onion, satirical news host Stephen Colbert, 'prObama' video maker and prominent Black Eyed Pea will.i.am, film director Michel Gondry, web geek techno-crack supplier Apple and, thankfully, the amazing blog PostSecret and the lolcat insanity of I Can Has Cheezburger.

Hmm...only a 5 word Webby acceptance speech?

"I Can Has Webby Awardz?"

Television satirist Stephen Colbert's use of the Internet to connect with fans earned the Comedy Central host special recognition as recipients of the annual Webby awards for Web sites and online achievements were announced Tuesday.
A special achievement award also went to will.i.am, the Black Eyed Peas frontman behind the popular "Yes We Can" video supporting presidential candidate Barack Obama. And movie director Michel Gondry won a special mention for encouraging filmmakers around the world to recreate their favorite movies — the concept behind his film "Be Kind Rewind" — and share them online.

Meanwhile, The New York Times' online unit won eight regular Webby Awards in such categories as news, mobile listings and animation. The Onion satire site won seven, while Web sites for Apple Inc. and National Geographic magazine along with a user-confession site, PostSecret, won four awards each.

The awards will be presented during ceremonies June 9 and 10 in New York. Webby ceremonies are known for their zany tone, with winners limited to five-word acceptance speeches, including Al Gore's "Please don't recount this vote."