Ali.com Nominated for Best Celebrity/Fan Site; Fans Can Also Vote Online to Help Site Win Internet’s Top Honor
NEW YORK, April 23 /PRNewswire/ — MGX LAB, LLC (mgxlab.com), a full-service digital media, brand strategy, and business development agency, announced today that Ali.com has been nominated for Best Celebrity/Fan site in the 13th Annual Webby Awards. Ali.com’s site architecture, design, and functionality were built and are managed by MGX Lab.
Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by the New York Times, The Webby Awards are the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet.
Ali.com is the official online home of
Muhammad Ali, one of the most beloved athletic and cultural icons in history. The site enables fans to relive his storied career in the ring as well his unparalleled social, political, and humanitarian contributions made outside the ring. Ali.com empowers users to connect with “The Greatest of All Time” through digital innovations such as the Ali Interactive Timeline, direct messaging tools, and a wealth of visual assets. The site also serves as the access point for Ali social networking platforms on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, allowing fans to experience and follow “The Champ” like never before.
“Nominees like Ali.com are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet,” said
David-Michel Davies, executive director of the Webby Awards. “It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the nearly 10,000 entries we received this year.”
“We are honored to be recognized by our digital media peers with this Webby nomination,” said
Keith Wortman, President of MGX Lab. “Ali.com has received an amazing response from Muhammad’s fans, and that is due to the close creative collaboration we’ve had with Muhammad Ali Enterprises.”
As a nominee, Ali.com is also eligible to win a Webby People’s Voice Award, which is voted online by the global Web community. From now until April 30th, Ali fans can cast their votes in The Webby People’s Voice Awards at http://pv.webbyawards.com.
Winners will be announced on May 5th, 2009 and honored at a star-studded ceremony in New York City on June 8th hosted by
Seth Meyers.
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
Vinton Cerf, R/GA’s Chief
Bob Greenberg, “Simpson’s” creator
Matt Groening,
Arianna Huffington, and
Harvey Weinstein.
About MGX LAB, LLC
MGX Lab, LLC is an independent, full-service, digital media, brand strategy, and business development agency. Clients include Marquis Jet, NetJets, CKX, Inc., Muhammad Ali Enterprises, Brad Pitt’s Make It Right New Orleans and Bayer HealthCare. MGX Lab is headquartered in New York City.
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.
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