↑ Grab this Headline Animator

Stitcher Wins Peoples Voice Webby in Mobile News Category

The 13th Annual Webby Awards today announced Stitcher as the winner of the 2009 People'ss Voice Award in the mobile news category.

Thousands of fans cast their votes in April to help Stitcher lock its victory over fellow mobile-news nominees The New York Times, NPR, BBC and The Associated Press.

Stitcher, a free app, streams on-demand news, audio shows and podcasts to mobile devices without syncing or wires. The company works with a wide variety of key content and publishing partners to provide well-rounded, up-to-date content.

Stitcher allows people to make the most of their downtime by connecting listeners to the information they want to hear, when and where they want to hear it, said Stitcher CEO and co-founder Noah Shanok.

Stitcher will be honored at a star-studded ceremony hosted by Saturday Night Live'ss Seth Meyers on June 8th in New York City. On June 9th, fans will be able to watch the ceremony, including Stitcher'ss acceptance speech, at the official Webby Awards YouTube Channel. A full list of both Webby Awards and People'ss Voice Awards winners can be found at: http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.phpseason=13

Hailed as the Internet'ss highest honor by The New York Times, The Webby is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Web sites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile Web sites. The Webby Awards are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 650-person judging academy whose members include Internet co-inventor Vint Cerf, R/GA'ss Chief Bob Greenberg, Simpson'ss creator Matt Groening, Arianna Huffington and Harvey Weinstein.

The Webby Awards honor the very best of the Internet, said David-Michel Davies, executive director of The Webbys. Stitcher'ss achievement is a testament to the skill, ingenuity and vision of its creators.

We are proud to receive this honor, and we want to sincerely thank all the listeners who supported us, Shanok said.

ABOUT STITCHER:

Stitcher is a leading mobile audio company that provides a revolutionary media service allowing content to be easily aggregated, organized and shared on mobile devices. The company features the most up-to-date and relevant content in business, sports, politics, entertainment and current events from the media industry'ss premier content partners. By focusing on the growing market for mobile content distribution, the company works to provide an innovative platform for listening to audio content on-the-go.

ABOUT THE WEBBY AWARDS:

Hailed as the Internet'ss highest honor by The New York Times, The Webby Awards are the leading international honor celebrating excellence on the Internet, including Web sites, 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.

Contact: Mike Ghaffary

415 956 1801

↑ Grab this Headline Animator

---

This article has been robotically scanned and tagged by Prnewsnow with the following search tags. No human manipulation of these tags take place.
| Training | Training Environment | human machine interface |

---

4915 readers online...

, Local News