ZOOZOOM to be saluted alongside David Bowie, eBay's Meg Whitman, and YouTube Co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen at the 2007 Webby Awards.
New York, NY (PRWEB) June 4, 2007 -- ZOOZOOM to honored with the Webby for the Best Fashion Site of the Year at The 11th Annual Webby Awards, June 5th. The ceremony will be held at Cipriani Wall Street, New York.
Hosted by comedian Rob Corddry, the event will recognize ZOOZOOM's founders for their innovative and original online glossy Fashion Magazine.
ZOOZOOM prides itself on its content and design. Commissioning their own fashion and beauty editorials that are comparable in quality and creativity to high-end, glossy print magazines, the resulting features are presented large, so you can see every stitch. But the other side of the ZOOZOOM success story is their non-intrusive advertising delivery system that delivers full-screen ads with results that are breaking industry records: select campaigns are enjoying click-through rates of over 27%.
ZOOZOOM will be saluted alongside Webby Award winners in a wide range of categories from Blog to Fashion to Weird, as well as three Special Achievement honorees - David Bowie (Webby Lifetime Achievement); the eBay community and CEO Meg Whitman (Webby Lifetime Achievement); and YouTube co-founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley (Webby Person of the Year).
In keeping with Webby tradition, all special achievement honorees and winners will limit their speeches to just five words (Al Gore's 2005 speech: "Please don't recount this vote.")
Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international honors for websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile content. The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-person judging academy whose members include Vinton Cerf, R/GA's Chief Bob Greenberg, "The Simpson's" creator Matt Groening, Arianna Huffington, and Harvey Weinstein.
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David Bowie, Beastie Boys, eBay's Meg Whitman, YouTube founders and ZOOZOOM to be honored at the 11th annual Webby Awards on June 5th.
WHAT: THE 11TH ANNUAL WEBBY AWARDS
www.webbyawards.com
WHO: David Bowie (Webby Lifetime Achievement)
eBay CEO Meg Whitman (Webby Lifetime Achievement: The eBay Community)
Beastie Boys (Webby Artists of the Year)
Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, co-founders of YouTube (Webby Person of the Year)
ZOOZOOM (Best Fashion Website)
Present at the event from ZOOZOOM will be:
David Mcintyre - Publisher
Kelley Quan - Editor in Chief
Mike Hartley - Creative Director
Julie Grahame - Production Editor
Brian Winkowski - Video Director
Martin Cooper - Lead Developer
Xenia Viray - Senior Fashion Editor
PICTURES: ZOOZOOM's royalty free pictures of the event will be here on the morning of the 6th. For hi-res versions please email requests to m.hartley@zoozoom.com
WHY: Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times, The 11th Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring websites, online film and video, interactive advertising, and mobile content.
WHERE: Cipriani Wall Street
55 Wall Street (b/t William and Pearl Street)
WHEN: Tuesday, June 5, 2007
TIME: 5:00 PM - Press check-in begins
6:00 PM - Red carpet arrival begins
7:15 PM - Awards ceremony begins
10:30 PM - Awards ceremony ends; photo op onstage with David Bowie, Meg Whitman, YouTube Founders
In keeping with The Webby's famous tradition, Bowie, Beastie Boys, Whitman, and Webby Award winners in nearly 70 categories - from Blog to Weird - will deliver their acceptance speeches with just five words.
NOTES: Media outlets must submit a request for press credentials in order to attend the event. Please email: gita@mkpr.com For information regarding ZOOZOOM call Julie Grahame at 212 629 7335 julie@zoozoom.com