Winners of 13th Annual Webby Awards Announced

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 5, 2009 - 10:14am.

San Francisco - The winners of the 13th Annual Webby Awards, which recognize the best of the Internet, were announced on Tuesday, with "Saturday Night Live" alum Jimmy Fallon honored as "Person of the Year," while Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor was named "Artist of the Year."

Awards were announced in nearly 70 categories, including the newly created "Breakout of the Year," which went to Twitter.

Also honored were The Huffington Post (Politics), JoshuaBudich.com (Personal Web Site) and 1000awesomethings.com (Blog - Culture/Personal).

A full list of winners is available at the link below.

Winners will be honored by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences at a gala in New York on June 8.

http://www.webbyawards.com/about/awardevent.php