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Black Web Awards to Recognize Best Black Websites

Posted on: Monday, 10 July 2006, 09:00 CDT

BALTIMORE, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Black Web Awards are the first and only organized effort to recognize and celebrate African, African American and Caribbean excellence online. Website customers, fans, designers and owners now have the opportunity to nominate their favorite Black-themed websites in over 100 distinct categories, including Best Music Site, Best African News & Politics Site, Best Wealth Building Site and Best House of Worship Site. All nominations are free and open to the general public.

"We want to get as much participation as possible, so building a competition with a free nomination and voting process was an easy decision," said Odogwu Linton, BlackWebAwards.com founder. The Finalists are certain to reflect the broad range of beliefs, social structures, wishes and dreams of Black people worldwide. The nominations thus far have confirmed that Black people worldwide support Black-themed websites and the businesses that support them.

"Now is the time for a Black Web Awards," said Linton. "In the United States, study after study confirms that the Black community is enjoying the Internet through broadband connections." For example, nearly 76 percent of those casting nominations thus far at BlackWebAwards.com have high-speed Internet access at home. This rate is in line with a 2005 AOL African American Cyberstudy, which among other findings at that time also reported that 68 percent of respondents favor companies that benefit the Black community.

"If it isn't clear yet that the Black community is online and is supporting a wide range of Black-themed websites, it will be after the Black Web Awards Finalists are announced," said Linton. After review by the Black Web Awards Academy of Judges, a dazzling array of over 550 Finalists will be introduced to the world by guest celebrities and dignitaries at a special ceremony in Baltimore, Maryland. The Finalists will be announced online on August 28th, 2006, and voting will occur shortly thereafter. "This result alone will demonstrate the extent of the Black presence online, help establish the Finalists as beacons for Black people, and at the same time, introduce valuable resources for the world to gain insight into the Black global community."

The Announcement event will be filmed and webcast online, and on television stations worldwide through strategic partnerships, thereby making the Black Web Awards the first Internet awards competition to webcast their announcement, and later this year the Awards Gala, online.

Nominations and voting are FREE and open to the public. Sponsorship opportunities supported by comprehensive, timely demographic data gathered during the nomination phase are available. Interested sponsors are invited to contact Linton Publishing, LLC for further information. A full schedule, rules and nomination procedures are available online at http://www.blackwebawards.com/.

About Linton Publishing, LLC

Linton Publishing, LLC is a full-service multimedia production and distribution design firm, specializing in original, positive video and audio content from the Black perspective, deliverable via online and offline technologies. In business since 2002, Linton Publishing's current projects include BlackTVOnline.com and the BlackWebAwards.com.

Contact: Mr. Odogwu Obi Linton Linton Publishing, LLC 410-878-2960 Corporate@BlackWebAwards.com

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Linton Publishing, LLC

CONTACT: Mr. Odogwu Obi Linton of Linton Publishing, LLC,+1-410-878-2960, or Corporate@BlackWebAwards.com

Web site: http://www.blackwebawards.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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