Sponsors & Partners

• Adobe
• Nokia
• The Creative Group
• .org
• Getty Images
• Level 3
• The Barbarian Group
• Condé Nast / CondéNet
• Digital Kitchen
• Adweek Magazines
• The NY Times Company

• Reuters
• Variety
• Wired
• FirstMark Capital
• Brightcove
• IDG
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• 2Advanced.Net
• KobeMail
• Museum of the Moving Image

Title Sponsors:

Webby People's Voice Sponsor:

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Official Online Creative Partner:

The Barbarian Group is not the interactive version of an ad agency. But they are also not exactly the interactive version of a production company. It's kind of like hiring a director and a production company and a vfx company, with some great creative/art direction thrown in. Agencies don't keep stables of 20 full-time directors to do their best broadcast spots, so why do it in interactive? You hire the team you need for the project that's at hand. This model allows you to stay small and nimble, and for The Barbarian Group to keep their employees engaged. The Barbarians bring their all to your project, and because they do such a wide variety of work they can have a really fresh attitude for every project. Because they offer their employees nonstop challenges and variety, the Barbarian Group attracts the best people to work on your projects.

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Condé Nast / CondéNet: Condé Nast Publications, a unit of Advance Publications, includes twenty-six consumer magazines and their websites, ten uniquely branded websites under CondéNet, the Fairchild Fashion Group, Parade, the Condé Nast Media Group, and the Shared Services Centers. CondéNet, an Internet unit of Condé Nast Publications, is the leading creator and developer of upscale lifestyle brands online, providing enjoyable, useful services that build upon the heritage of Condé Nast's magazines. The company publishes online properties in the categories of food (Epicurious.com and NutritionData.com); travel (Concierge.com, HotelChatter.com and Jaunted.com); fashion (Style.com); men's lifestyle (Men.Style.com); technology (Wired.com and Reddit.com), and teen (flip.com).

Official Film Production Partner:

Digital Kitchen is a marketing and production company that focuses on experiential design, film production, motion graphics, branding, and interactive work. So we're the people you go to when you need your brand, spot, site, product, space, or show to feel powerful, look great, and otherwise get sexy. From our studios in New York, Chicago, Seattle, and Los Angeles we've recently produced experiential campaigns for Nike and Target, interactive work for Mercedes and Microsoft, broadcast spots for Fidelity and Toyota, the Emmy Award-winning opening titles for "Dexter," and the film content for The 2008 Webby Awards. We are proud of our work and immensely enjoy making it.

Media Sponsors:

ADWEEK MAGAZINES encompasses the publications, websites, digital products and events produced by Adweek, Brandweek and Mediaweek. Through this dynamic media network, each brand keeps the advertising, marketing and media communities competitive and connected by delivering the latest news and expert analysis most relevant to their specific needs. A combined audience of 804,122 unique website visitors deliver 3,184,653 page views each month online. Over 66,000 key decision-makers read the print editions every week, and ADWEEK MAGAZINES produces 11 daily and weekly e-newsletters serving opt-in recipients with breaking news and updates. In addition, our growing roster of webinars and custom video sites attract a steadily building audience of attendees and visitors.

The New York Times Company, a leading media company with 2007 revenues of $3.2 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 16 other daily newspapers, WQXR-FM and more than 50 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.

Reuters news and media assets are seen by over 1 billion people every day. The Reuters Media division creates, packages and distributes news and information services to the world's newspapers, television and cable networks, radio stations and websites, as well as directly to consumers through Reuters.com and other digital platforms, including mobile, outdoor and IPTV. In addition, Reuters Professional Publishing division provides authoritative and unbiased market intelligence to investment banking and private equity professionals throughout the world.

Variety.com is the premiere content provider for the global entertainment community. In the tradition of Daily Variety and Weekly Variety, Variety.com delivers breaking news, features, global box office reports, film and TV production charts, showbiz event and festival calendars, and archives dating back to 1914. With an award-winning editorial team and the largest entertainment news-gathering staff in the world, Variety.com is committed to providing news and insight that is essential reading, 24-7.

WIRED Magazine is the first word on how technology is changing our world. Each month, WIRED explores the future of business, culture and innovation. WIRED's sophisticated yet irreverent voice is at the center of an active, influential community of thought leaders who share a passion for what's next. Named as one of the top 10 hottest magazines in 2007 by Adweek, WIRED most recently won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence (circulation 500,000-1,000,000), the highest accolade in magazine publishing.

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About FirstMark Capital: Based in New York City, FirstMark Capital (formerly Pequot Ventures) has established itself as a venture leader with a strong, national reach over its twelve year history. FirstMark invests in companies that are creating new markets with innovative technology solutions or rethinking existing markets by applying a novel business model. With nearly $2 billion in capital commitments, FirstMark's team of investment and operations professionals have decades of real-world experience and leadership in core technology markets, making the firm uniquely qualified to offer industry insight, relationships and the operational expertise to build lasting businesses. Select historical investments include: Netgear, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTGR); First Advantage Corp. (NASDAQ: FADV); StubHub, Inc (Acquired by eBay, Inc.); Netegrity, Inc. (Acquired by CA Inc); Flarion, Inc. (Acquired by Qualcomm, Inc.); OutlookSoft Inc. (Acquired by SAP AG); Analex Corp. (Acquired by QinetiQ); Vallent (Acquired by IBM); Syndesis (Acquired by Subex) and Navic (Acquired by Microsoft). For more information, please visit www.firstmarkcap.com.

Internet Video Partner:

Brightcove Brightcove is an Internet TV service that empowers video producers and programmers to build broadband businesses while giving viewers more choices and control over their use of video and television. Founded by Internet pioneer Jeremy Allaire in 2004 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Brightcove is the market-leading Internet video partner for international news and entertainment businesses, including British Sky Broadcasting (Sky), CBS Corporation, Discovery Communications Inc., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., MTV Networks, The New York Times Company, Reuters, Sony BMG, Time, Inc., Time Life, Warner Music Group, and Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive.

International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology media, events, and research company. IDG's online network includes more than 450 web sites spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment and video games worldwide. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in 85 countries including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. IDG's lead-generation service, IDG Connect, matches technology companies with an audience of engaged, high-quality IT professionals, influencers, and decision makers. IDG is a leading producer of more than 750 technology-related events including Macworld Conference & Expo, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Entertainment for All Expo (E for All), DEMO, and IDC Directions. IDC, a subsidiary of IDG, is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events. Over 900 IDC analysts in more than 90 countries provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends.

Vote Tabulation Consultant:

PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory professionals work closely with clients to help them meet today's business challenges. Advisory teams leverage their financial and accounting expertise, knowledge of business processes, industry insight and technology know-how to bring the right skills and talents to the issues at hand. We advise our clients on moving from strategy to implementation. This includes making recommendations on improving vital processes that impact performance, guiding transactions essential to growth and well-being, and managing the crises organizations often face. Our advisors provide high-quality, objective advice that helps make complex goals feel clear and achievable.

Official Hosting Partner:

Why compromise for performance, uptime or service when you can simply have it all? At 2Advanced.Net we have amassed the industry's finest experts to design and deliver our superior next-generation network platform. Built from the latest in Cisco high-speed data communications technologies and reliable IBM server class systems, you can rest assured that 2advanced.net is the hosting solution for peace of mind.

Official Award Sponsor:

KobeMail, an email deliverability leader, brings together all the technologies, authentication standards and accreditation programs required for maximizing delivery to the Inbox. Under it's KobeCertified Program, KobeMail gives email marketers the tools they need to improve results of email campaigns and build trust with their customers.

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The Museum of the Moving Image advances the public understanding and appreciation of the art, history, technique and technology of film, television, and digital media. It does so by collecting, preserving, and providing access to moving-image related artifacts; screening significant films and other moving-image works; presenting exhibitions of artifacts, artworks, and interactive experiences; and offering educational and interpretive programs to students, teachers, and the general public.