2007 Webby Awards

The 11th annual 2007 Webby Awards were held in New York City on June 3, 2007. They were hosted by comedian Rob Corddry[1] and were judged by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.[2] The ceremony saw 8,000 entries from over 60 countries and all 50 United States.[3] Lifetime achievement awards were given to David Bowie and YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen.[4] This award ceremony for the first time introduced category awards beyond Websites in the three new super-categories: Interactive Advertising, Mobile & Apps, and Online Film & Video.[5]

Nicolas Roope of London agency Poke London, receiving a Webby for Banking/Bill paying in 2007 for designing the Zopa site

Nominees and winners
(from http://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2007)
Category Webby Award winner People's Voice winner Other nominees
Games Samorost 2

(Archived 9 June 2007 via Wayback)
Amanita Design

 Miniclip

(Archived 1 June 2007 via Wayback)
Miniclip Ltd

 American Dad vs. Family Guy Kung Fu

(Archived 22 February 2007 via Wayback)
Fuel Industries

SOAPnet's Fantasy Soap League

(http://www.fantasysoapnet.com/)
SOAPnet

ZWoK!

(Archived 29 May 2007 via Wayback)
Bloc Media

Games-Related Gamasutra.com

(Archived 6 June 2007 via Wayback)
CMP Game Group

 GameSpot

(Archived 2 June 2007 via Wayback)
CNET Networks

 GameDaily.com

(Archived 5 June 2007 via Wayback)
AOL

LEGO Star Wars II

(Archived 2 June 2007 via Wayback)
Summit Projects

Thrillville

(Archived 26 February 2007 via Wayback)
KNI

Interactive Advertising - Game or Application The Hunt

(Archived 3 June 2007 via Wayback)
Euro RSCG 4D

 ESPN 360 Bar Sports

(Archived 31 May 2007 via Wayback)
15 letters inc.

 Build Your Own World

(Archived 29 May 2007 via Wayback)
Veer

Johnnie Walker - The Keep Version 2.0

(Archived 16 May 2007 via Wayback)
ID Society

Yaris vs. Yaris Multiplayer Driving Game

(Archived 28 May 2007 via Wayback)
Saatchi & Saatchi LA

This table is not complete, please help to complete it from material on this page.

Honorees
  • Romeo Theater in "Comedy: Long Form or Series" category[6]

References

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.

  1. Staff. "Corcoran's Webby nod: corcoran.com nominated for Webby Awards." Real Estate Weekly. 18 April 2007.
  2. Staff. "GameJump Named as Finalist for Best News & Entertainment Mobile Site in Webby Awards." Wireless News. 16 April 2007.
  3. Staff. "Ask.com Mobile Nominated for Webby Award." Wireless News. 30 April 2007.
  4. Keyes, Bob. "A gusher of praise for Coke-and-Mentos act; Buckfield performers win a Webby Award for their popular Internet video of soda explosions." Portland Press Herald. 3 May 2007
  5. Strauss, Bob. "A New Reality For Internet Programming Entertainment: Web-Based Show By Valley Writer-Producer An Example Of Growth Of Online-Only Productions." Los Angeles Daily News. 16 June 2011.
  6. "Romeo Theater Show #11 - "Short Pants" | The Webby Awards". Webby Awards. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
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