Webby's Not What They Used To Be
from the phew dept
It seems that when you have an awards system that makes people pay money in order to nominate a site, you’re going to run into problems when the economy goes sour. The sixth annual Webby Awards have been drastically downsized. This year there are seats for 316 attendees, rather than last year’s 3,100. Instead of famed actor Alan Cumming being the MC, this year it will be run by the people who created the Webby’s in the first place. Also, looking down the list of nominees, it appears that these were the few companies/sites that were willing to pay the nomination fee – and not necessarily the best sites in each category.
