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Two HUGE Websites Nominated for the 2009 Webby Awards

April 14, 2009

BROOKLYN — Two websites designed by HUGE were nominated for the 13^th Annual Webby Awards. The sites were chosen from among nearly 10,000 entries.

SCIENCE CATEGORY - NOMINEE
Scientific American Redesign
http://www.sciam.com

HUGE helped the longest continuously-published magazine in America launch a successful, trusted hub for online science journalism.

GUIDES/RATINGS/REVIEWs CATEGORY - NOMINEE
About.com Redesign
http://www.about.com

The 10th largest content provider on the Internet tapped HUGE for a comprehensive product redesign, including a new architecture and enhanced ad strategy.

Winners will be announced on May 5th, 2009 and honored at a ceremony in New York City on June 8th hosted by Seth Meyers. Winners will be able to share one of the Webby's famous five-word speeches with the world. Past Webby Award winners — and their speeches — include Al Gore ("Please don't recount this vote."), Beastie Boys ("Can anyone fix my computer?") and Stephen Colbert ("Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.").

The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 650-person judging academy whose members include Internet co-inventor Vinton Cerf, R/GA's Chief Bob Greenberg, Simpsons creator Matt Groening, Arianna Huffington, and Harvey Weinstein. Visit the Webby Awards for more information on nominations:

ABOUT SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Scientific American is the world’s leading source and authority for science and technology information. Since 1845, Scientific American’s magazines have chronicled the world’s major science and technology innovations and discoveries. Published in 15 foreign language editions with a total circulation of more than 1 million worldwide, Scientific American reaches business executives, opinion leaders, policy makers, academics and well-educated general consumers. Scientific American is also a leading online science, health and technology destination (www.ScientificAmerican.com), providing the latest news and exclusive features to more than 2,700,000 visitors monthly.

 

Scientific American is wholly owned by Macmillan (formerly Holtzbrinck Publishers), a division of the Verlagsgruppe Georg Von Holtzbrinck GmbH, a private, family-owned company, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, publishing works in print and electronic media in more than 80 countries.

ABOUT ABOUT.COM

Founded in 1996, About.com was acquired in March 2005 by The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT). Today, About.com is recognized as a top 15 content site and one of the largest producers of original content on the Web.  About.com is an online neighborhood of hundreds of helpful experts, eager to share their wealth of knowledge with visitors. Every month, over 60 million people* visit us for help with everything from health care and parenting issues to advice on travel, cooking, technology, hobbies and more.  And we offer solutions in the form of over two million hand-crafted, original articles, recipes, product reviews, videos, tutorials and more.  All created by our network of expert 'Guides' - real people who, like all good neighbors, help others so that everyone's life gets just a little better. 

ABOUT THE WEBBY AWARDS:
Hailed as the "Internet's highest honor" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites. Established in 1996, the 13th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. The Webby Awards is presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include: Microsoft Silverlight; The Creative Group; .ORG; Getty Images; The Barbarian Group; Digital Kitchen; Wired; IDG; PricewaterhouseCoopers; 2advanced.Net; KobeMail and Museum of the Moving Image.