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The 1997 Webby Awards were the first of the annual Webby Awards, and also the first-ever nationally televised awards ceremony devoted to the Internet. 700 people attended the event on March 6, 1997 at Bimbo's Night Club in San Francisco, California^[1] Presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, the Webby Awards are a set of awards presented to the worlds best websites. The awards have been given out since 1996. ... San Francisco redirects here. ...

1 Nominees and winners
2 Panelists
3 External links
4 Notes

Nominees and winners

(from http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/winners-1997.php)

Panelists

Whereas in later years the panelists were official members of International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, in 1997 the awards were chosen and given by IDG's The Web Magazine, which appointed a panel to judge the competition.^[2] The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences was founded in 1998 to help drive the progress of the Internet and evolving forms of new media. ... International Data Group (IDG) is a publisher of magazines which focus on information technology. ...

The panel of judges was:^[3]

Dean Andrews	writer
Spencer Ante	Associate editor, THE WEB Magazine
Justine Bateman	Star, Men Behaving Badly
Alex Bennett	Radio host
Jane Bosveld	writer
Lily Burana	writer
Ted Casablanca	E! Online
James Cury	Senior Associate Editor, THE WEB
The Eels	Rock band
Ira Flatow	Host, National Public Radio Science
Steve Fox	Editor-in-Chief, THE WEB
Angela Freeman	PC World Assistant Editor
Kurt Freytag	President, Lucid Dreams
David Futrelle	Editor, Salon
Lisa Goldman	President, Construct Internet Design
Michael Goodwin	Movie critic, computer journalist
Michael Gough	Editor in Chief, Sidewalk.com
Nina Hartley	Actress
Ean Hauts	Journalist
Eric Hellweg	Staff Editor, PC World
Penn Jillette	Magician
Amy Johns	Wired magazine editor
Pagan Kennedy	author
Todd Lappin	Editor, Wired
Rob Levine	Music critic
Karen Libertore	Online Producer, MacWorld Online
Jennife McDonald	Literary Agent
Mark Meadows	Creative Director, Construct Internet Design
Pamela Mendels	Reporter, New York Times CyberTimes
Sia Michel	Associate Edtiro, Spin Magazine
Erika Milvy	Writer
Lisa Palac	Founding Editor of FutureSex Magazine
Tony Perkin	Editor-in-Chief, Red Herring
David Pescovitz	Author, Editor
Adam Philips	Writer
Suzan Revah	Associate Editor, American Journalism Review
Derk Richardson	Music, TV, and Film Critic
Bob Sabat	Managing Editor, SmartMoney
Nathan Schedroff	Creative Director, VIVID Studios
Leonard Shlain	Surgeon, Author
RU Sirius	Author; Cofounder of Mondo 2000
Howard Smukler	Attorney
J. Michael Straczynski	Creator and Producer of Babylon 5
Jennifer Sucov	Senior Editor, Folio
Eric Tyson	Author
Laura Victoria	Writer
Brad Wieners	Editor, HardWired
Bernie Yee	Author
Zak Zaidman	Founder, Gravity, Inc.
Henry Rosenthal	Film Producer
Glen Helfand	Writer
Marjorie Ingall	Writer

Justine Bateman (born February 19, 1966, in Rye, New York) is an American actress, born to Kent (a film producer), and Victoria (a Maltese-American flight attendant) Bateman. ... Men Behaving Badly is a British comedy, which first broadcasted in 1992 on the ITV network, however moved to BBC One (and a later timeslot) from the third series onwards. ... Alex Bennett is a leftist radio personality who hosts The Alex Bennett Program. ... Lily Burana is an American writer whose publications include the memoir Strip City: A Strippers Farewell Journey Across America (Miramax Books, 2001) and the novel Try (St. ... Ted Casablanca (born Bruce Bibby) is an American entertainment journalist for E! Online and has a column called The Awful Truth where he regularly dispenses gossip on the private lives of celebrities. ... E! (Entertainment Television) is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite network. ... This article is about the band. ... Ira Flatow (born March 9, 1949) is a radio and television personality who hosts National Public Radios popular Talk of the Nation - Science Friday. ... NPR redirects here. ... PC World is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG. It offers advice on various aspects of PCs and related items, the Internet, and other personal-technology products and services. ... ... Sidewalk. ... Nina Hartley (born Marie Louise Hartman on March 11, 1959 in Berkeley, California) is an American pornographic actress and sex educator. ... Eric Hellweg is a freelance business and technology writer. ... PC World is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG. It offers advice on various aspects of PCs and related items, the Internet, and other personal-technology products and services. ... Penn Fraser Jillette (born March 5, 1955 in Greenfield, Massachusetts) is an American comedian, illusionist, juggler and writer known for his work with fellow illusionist Teller in the team known as Penn & Teller. ... Wired is a full-color monthly magazine and on-line periodical published in San Francisco, California since March 1993. ... Pagan Kennedy is an author and pioneer of the 90s zine movement, along with writer/publishers like Lisa Crystal Carver of Rollerderby, Jim Goad of ANSWER Me! and Larry Crane of Tape Op. ... MacWorld magazine (April 2004) Macworld is a monthly computer magazine dedicated to Macintosh products. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Spin is a music magazine that reports on all the music that rocks. Founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr. ... August 29, 2005 cover of Red Herring magazine Red Herring is a weekly magazine focused on the business of funding, building, and taking new technologies to market. ... The American Journalism Review is a national magazine covering topics in journalism. ... SmartMoney The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Business was launched in 1992 by Hearst Corporation and Dow Jones & Company. ... Dr. Leonard Shlain is a surgeon and author of three books. ... Mondo 2000 #13 Mondo 2000 was a glossy cyberculture magazine published in California during the 1980s and 1990s. ... Joseph Michael Straczynski (born July 17, 1954) is an award-winning American writer/producer of television series, novels, short stories, comic books, and radio dramas. ... Babylon 5 is an epic American science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ...

External links

webbyawards.com - official awards website
flash gallery of award winners

Notes

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. Web design is a process of conceptualization, planning, modeling, and execution of electronic media content delivery via Internet in the form of Markup language suitable for interpretation by Web browser and display as Graphical user interface (GUI). ... Corporate website - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Internet Archive, San Francisco The Internet Archive (archive. ...

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^ Rachel Rosmarin. "Webbys 2.0", Forbes, June 9, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.
^ Carolyn Said. "The Woman Behind the Webbies:S.F., N.Y. woo Web award impresario Tiffany Shlain", San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, 1998. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
^ Christopher Locke. Take-a-Hike: A Very Special Invitation from EGR. Entropy Gradient Reversals.

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