2015 Webby Awards
The 19th annual Webby Awards for 2015 was held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on May 19, 2015, which was hosted by comedian and actor Hannibal Buress.[1] The awards ceremony was streamed live at the Webby Awards webpage. Judges from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences picked the over one hundred winners, which may or may not match the people's choice.[2]
The Webby for Lifetime Achievement was awarded to Wired magazine co-founders Louis Rossetto and Jane Metcalfe for shaping how the world thinks about technology.
Nominees and winners
| Category | Webby Award winner | People's Voice winner | Other nominees |
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Lifetime Achievement |
Louis Rossetto and Jane Metcalfe | ||
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Special Achievement |
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge | ||
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Special Achievement |
Jerome Jarre | ||
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Outstanding Comedic Performance |
Chelsea Peretti | ||
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Best Actress |
Ellie Kemper | ||
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Best Actor |
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Breakout of the Year |
Tinder | ||
|
Agency of the Year |
Leo Burnett Toronto | ||
|
Mobile Sites & Apps - Music |
Soundcloud | Pandora Radio | |
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Mobile & Apps - Games (Handheld) |
Lumosity | Two Dots | |
|
Mobile & Apps - Games (Tablet & All Other Devices) |
Monument Valley | Monument Valley | |
| Mobile & Apps - Lifestyle (Tablet & All Other Devices) | Amikasa | Dogalize | |
|
Online Film & Video - Events & Live Webcasts |
The Howard Stern Show Birthday Bash | ||
| This table is incomplete, please help to complete it from material on this page. | |||
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.
- ↑ "Welcome to the Webby Awards". Webby Awards. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- ↑ "The Webby Awards 2015: Here Are This Year's Winners". Forbes. 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2015-04-29.