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The Webby Awards: Honoring the best in everything on the net

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    David-Michel Davies talks about the 16th Annual Webby Awards

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-- dot com live the annual Webby awards which show.

Although the best in everything on the web -- -- are taking place on Monday may 21.

The Hammerstein ballroom right here in New York City.

They going to be slight -- -- Michelle yes is that right bloodstream to the Webby awards dot com at 5:30 eastern 5:30 eastern -- Michelle Davis DND we're gonna call him because it's so much easier.

Is the executive director of the Webby awards and the international academy of digital arts and sciences I guess.

You probably get tired of having this comparison but and -- -- tech -- -- they know what it's all about but these are like the Oscars of the of the of the way through.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- There is more than they really matter to earn everything you do that to -- one of the growth media outlet.

It's absolutely I mean look I think that we were there but I mean I believe it's the preeminent honor for achievement on the Internet how we honor.

You know web sites on online videos one of the best apps and really if you give us -- work on on the Internet and I hope you the -- and -- Great -- down -- the awards it seems such -- A huge I mean everything is on the Internet how do you -- decide.

Which particulate battery is you doing to do.

I think you know it it's your right and it's done much much bigger -- when we started sixteen years ago sixteen years this is only -- two million another million people on the Internet then today you could save 3000004 million that we can argue about that so it's obviously a much bigger.

We really just trying to focus on.

Categories that are relevant to what regular people interact -- and also relevant to people who make great network so.

In we have categories in web sites for.

Apps for travel in those kind of things -- so we really try to focus on.

What consumers and Andy just some of -- some of the big winners this year pig dressed.

Interest -- -- sort of hot.

Start -- Massive growth in the past -- won two Emmys this year in social media and also for best visual design.

And I -- did driving -- a little sort of com call us and even some pretty even something as huge as FaceBook these days the interesting thing up interest I think is the web has been so tax basis not to say that video hasn't played have been wrong last five years it has.

But interest is really mean what was normally sort of attacks face kind of interaction very visual so lots.

Blogs we see lots of text that he driven by interest and pictures and I think that's a big part of the success -- and then I Spotify which is it's streaming music service it is very very popular in Europe for a number of years is just launched in US finally last year mostly due to sorting -- all the rights issues they got all that sorted out.

Came here big success and great -- a really great ways you.

He's music and analysis and encourage people to check it out and everybody -- when you when you decide these awards.

For us -- how they decided it.

Is it is it a voting system or is it a bunch of experts in the rooms deciding.

We have so we have to we have an academy means that a thousand people they live in thirty countries it's like the -- The guy who invented the Internet -- man who invented the mobile phone it's Arianna Huffington and it's this on the creative Twitter all the people who really matter what they've done on the best ones that win the Webby award and then we also open and I think the public at the same time.

We about the Webby people's voice award in every category this year we had more I think close to two million dollars that a million and half a little more roads cast that -- -- -- -- -- -- was one chosen by the people and by the episode but.

The awards and also you're not sort of endorsing something -- saying if you wanna stream music -- use Spotify what you're saying is that they've been the most innovative and interesting perhaps in development this this past year.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Really that is an eagle and then they've they've had quite a big year I mean I I saw the photos of the and stick around guys when the deal was done.

And it appeared that it was still the same little small group of people walking in one room essentially.

I don't know the exact numbers I've heard it's less than twenty people -- pretty incredible the end I mean endless and the end of day they need some things that regular people continues everybody loves to take photos and even great -- -- -- the people can -- that they can share and really speaks to sort of basic things people do on it.

All right out of another big question of course is.

-- -- You know I don't win it.

We'll have to find out I guess -- you -- want to see the ultimate identity.

That's why it nobody entity to win nobody even nobody ever even thought I was good enough to win that -- -- -- -- it.

That's what's always next here yes -- a -- news category there -- -- -- Smart and who's winning this year.

Lot of perennial winners and news BBC's New York Times as -- that's all right OK see you guys both great web -- known as good as foxnews.com -- will win next hit.

Mark my woods.

All right so what do people of no -- what do what weather people go if they wanna find out more if they wanna look at those because that allows you say.

It's a great place to find out what to have you can best use the web -- I say go to our viewers outcome to look at the best of the web really great great sightseeing get lost in there and secondly I'd say is come watch the show -- line -- HD at 5:30 eastern network viewers -- common Monday the 21 its host tonight handles all.

Tremendous -- Very very funny how we're gonna -- there -- Louis CK were honoring his person of the year it's a great a warship didn't really like our.

-- it will be great show you just saw the website that Webby awards dot com go check it at any -- you like and then 5:30.

Eastern.

Monday may 21.

You can watch the awards streaming live -- Michelle Davis executive director of the -- -- and international academy of digital -- -- on this great -- his.

Good to have you here thank you very much to be -- right.

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