{"id":552162,"date":"2007-05-02T08:34:46","date_gmt":"2007-05-02T08:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/552162-youtube-ebay-win-webby-awards.html"},"modified":"2007-05-02T08:34:46","modified_gmt":"2007-05-02T08:34:46","slug":"youtube-ebay-win-webby-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/552162-youtube-ebay-win-webby-awards.html","title":{"rendered":"YouTube, eBay win Webby Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

The awards honour online excellence and are considered the leading international gongs for websites, interactive advertising and online video. <\/font><\/p>\n

YouTube co-founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, who came up with the idea of people posting video clips on a shared website, were to receive the Webby person of the year award for the fantastically successful site. <\/font><\/p>\n

YouTube had played a key role in "transforming the media landscape and reshaping everything from politics to pop culture", the Webby organisers said. <\/font><\/p>\n

Rock legend David Bowie was to pick up a lifetime achievement award for pushing the boundaries of art and technology with UltraStar, his digital media company that creates online content for The Rolling Stones and The Police. <\/font><\/p>\n

He also runs BowieArt, a website that connects emerging visual artists with collectors, and launched BowieNet, an internet service provider, in 1998. <\/font><\/p>\n

The more than 200 million users of online auction platform eBay were also to receive a lifetime award for "a cultural phenomenon" that had "permanently changed the way people connect, discover and interact with each other". <\/font><\/p>\n

"The Webby winners and special achievement honourees represent the very best in online creativity and innovation," Webby Awards executive director David-Michel Davies said in a statement, announcing the winners. <\/font><\/p>\n

"We’re proud to salute the people and organisations whose ideas and vision are transforming how we experience the world," he said. <\/font><\/p>\n

Past winners of Webbies include pop icon Prince and former vice-president Al Gore, who memorably used his acceptance speech – limited to a maximum of five words – to ask the judges: "Please don’t recount this vote." <\/font><\/p>\n

The winners are selected by the 550-member International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, whose members include The Simpsons<\/i> creator Matt Groening, columnist and writer Arianna Huffington and Hollywood Titan Harvey Weinstein. <\/font><\/p>\n

Winners of the almost 70 categories in the 11th annual awards are to be honoured at a ceremony in New York on June 5.<\/font><\/p>\n

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