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Other special achievement winners in the 12th annual Webby
awards, known as the "Oscars of the Internet," included Black
Eyed Peas' frontman and songwriters will.i.am, recognized as
"Artist of the Year," and French filmmaker Michel Gondry, who
took home honors as "Video Person of the Year."
The Webby awards, which honor excellence on the Internet,
are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and
Sciences, a 550-person judging academy. Winners will be honored
at ceremonies on June 9th and 10th in New York, and, as always,
will be limited to just a five-word acceptance speech.
Colbert won the highest honor for "the innovative way he
has used the Internet to interact with fans of The Colbert
Report."
Among other Web achievements, a campaign by Colbert's fans
made his show's official website the top Google search result
under "Greatest Living American" and his "One Million Strong
for Stephen T. Colbert" Facebook group attracted more than 78
members per minute in its first week.
Last year Colbert, who plays a pugnacious, egomaniacal talk
show host on Comedy Central, cut short a playful run for the
presidency after his requests to be on the South Carolina
Democratic and Republic primary ballots was rejected.
The NYTimes, The Onion, National Geographic, Flickr and
ESPN were among the other Webby award winners announced on
Tuesday.
(Reporting by Paul Thomasch; Editing by Tim Dobbyn)
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