2016 Webby Awards
The 20th annual Webby Awards for 2016 will be held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on May 16, 2016, which will be hosted by comedian and actor Nick Offerman.[1] The awards ceremony will be 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. The Webby for Lifetime Achievement was awarded to The Onion, having earned over 39 Webbys for its humor.[2]
Nominees and winners
| Category | Webby Award winner | People's Voice winner | Other nominees |
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Lifetime Achievement |
The Onion for humor | ||
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Special Achievement |
Lena Dunham & Jennifer Konner for Lenny Letter | ||
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Social Movement of the Year |
#BlackLivesMatter | ||
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Outstanding Comedic Performance |
Chelsea Peretti | ||
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Best Actress |
Krysten Ritter | ||
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Film & Video Breakout of the Year |
Making a Murderer | ||
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Best Writing |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | |
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Best Productivity App |
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Best Streaming Video App |
HBO Now | HBO Now | |
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Mobile & Apps: Games |
Her Story | Two Dots | |
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Best Government & Civil Innovation Website |
NASA | NASA | |
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Best Overall Social Presence |
Game of Thrones | The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon | |
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Best Entertainment |
The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon | The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon | |
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Drama: Long Form or Series |
The Skinny | Star Trek Continues | |
| 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.
- ↑ "ACTOR NICK OFFERMAN TO HOST 20TH ANNUAL WEBBY AWARDS". Webby Awards. 2016-05-02. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
- ↑ 20TH ANNUAL WEBBY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED The Webby Awards, Retrieved May 10, 2016.