At the 11th Annual Webby Special Achievement Award on June 5 in New York elected Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, co-founders of YouTube, person of the year, in recognition of their stewardship of the video-sharing sensation that revolutionized online entertainment and heralded a new era of the Internet.
Sold to Google for $1.65 billion within a year of its launch, YouTube will be saluted for its role in reshaping everything from politics to pop culture over the past year.
The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996 during the Web's infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities.