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]
(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 | " is part of the name. Please don't remove it.--> | ||
| Online Film & Video - Variety | Tom Green's House TonightTomGreen.com | The Totally Rad ShowK/F Communications | Epic FuSmashface Productions, LLC |
| Screen TestThe New York Times/T Magazine | |||
| What's the Big Idea? with Danny DeVitoGOOD | |||
| 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.|-valign="top"|DHL Stack 'Em http://www.wwpl.net/webbys2008/dhl/stackit.html Ogilvy & Mather, NY|-valign="top"|Nickelodeon Mobile (Archived 5 July 2008 via Wayback) MTV Networks|-valign="top"|rowspan="4" |Interactive Advertising - Game or Application|rowspan="4" colspan="2"|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|-valign="top"|NBC's Bionic Woman - Bionic Assessment Test (Archived 15 June 2008 via Wayback) Fanscape|-valign="top"|Nike Plus Miles (Archived 7 June 2008 via Wayback) Tribal DDB GmbH, member of DDB Germany|-valign="top"|Orange 'Spot The Bull' (Archived 12 October 2012 via Wayback) POKE|- valign="top"| rowspan="3" |Consumer Electronics| rowspan="3" |It's D Hakuhodo I-studio| rowspan="3" |Seduction by Light DDB Worldwide|Motorola - Motofone "RETHINK FONE" Draftfcb|-valign="top"|Sony Alpha - Next Level HMX Media|-valign="top"|Sony Vaio Dare|-| colspan=4 | This table is not complete, please help to complete it from material on this page.|} ReferencesWinners 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. External links |