2000 Webby Awards
Held in
The attendant ceremony and surrounding events were described in the press as "Hollywood-style"
The 27 award winners received a prize of $30,000 each, a first for the event. As in years past, award speeches were limited to five words.[3] Presenters included Sandra Bernhard, John Perry Barlow, Mahir, and Tina Brown. Among the new additions to the judging panel were Robin Williams, David Bowie, and Deepak Chopra.[3]
The afterparty took place in nearby Grace Cathedral and in Huntington Park across the street, which had been covered with tents and served food and alcohol donated by restaurants throughout the city. Held on top of Nob Hill, one of the town's largest enclaves of old money, the event took a year to plan and several months of permits. Despite extensive community outreach, and a promise by organizers to pay for restoration of the Fontana delle Tartarughe, a dilapidated fountain in the park as a goodwill gesture, some local residents were vocal in their resentment of the brashness of the Internet industry, and canvassed the neighborhood with protest leaflets.[5]
Future award events were more somber. By the next year's event, one fifth of the 2000 nominees were out of business, and more than half of the winners had been sold, suffered layoffs, or failed.[2] By 2002, there was not enough money available to pay for a live event.[4]
Nominees and winners
References
Winners and nominees are generally named according to the organization or website winning the award, although the recipient is, technically, the
- ^ Dan Fost (2004-05-13). "Party's gone, but the Webby awards go on:Winners of best Internet sites receive e-mail notification". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ^ a b c Evelyn Nieves (2001-07-20). "After Last Year's Bacchanal, a Quieter Webby Party". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ^ a b c d e Verne Kopytoff (2000-05-12). "Webbies Go for Glitz:World's best Web sites honored -- Hollywood-style". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- ^ a b Rachel Rosmarin (2006-06-09). "Webbys 2.0". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2006-12-15.
- ^ Dan Levy (2000-05-10). "Squabble on the hill:Takeovers of S.F. park by Web awards show distresses some neighbors". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- ^ "Movie & Film".
External links
- Official website
- J. Betty Ray (June 2001). "Webby Awards". Noend Press. Archived from the original on 13 August 2001. - a first-person account of attending the 2000 Webby Awards.