Free Mobile Gaming Portal GameJump Finalist for Best News & Entertainment Mobile Site for 11th Annual Webby Awards
Posted on: Monday, 16 April 2007, 12:00 CDT
The Webby Awards, the leading international honors for the Web, today nominated Greystripe's GameJump.com (wap.gamejump.com) for the Best News and Entertainment Mobile Site of 2007. The site is the world's largest free, ad-supported mobile game portal.
GameJump.com and wap.GameJump.com are the world's first online and mobile Web sites offering mobile consumers access to free, ad-supported mobile games and applications. GameJump is a showcase for the ad-supported mobile content distribution solution that Greystripe has pioneered, reaching millions of gamers in over 150 countries.
Users can take advantage of unique mobile community features, such as user-generated game reviews, contests, top 10 lists, and a five-star game rating.
Winners will be announced on May 1, and honored at the 11th Annual Webby Awards Gala in New York City on June 5th. The ceremony will be hosted by comedian and actor Rob Corddry, star of Fox's new sitcom, "The Winner," and a former correspondent for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart."
Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by The New York Times, the Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Web sites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video, and Mobile Web sites. The awards are judged by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a global organization that includes David Bowie, Harvey Weinstein, Arianna Huffington, Matt Groening, Jamie Oliver, Internet inventor Vinton Cerf, and RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser.
"The Webby Awards honor the outstanding work that is setting the standards for the Internet," said David-Michel Davies, executive director of The Webby Awards. "GameJump, the first mobile Web portal offering free ad-supported mobile games and applications, is a testament to the skill, ingenuity, and vision of its creators."
"We're truly honored to have the GameJump mobile site nominated for a Webby award," said Michael Chang, CEO of Greystripe. "It's a great honor because it validates the idea that ad-supported mobile content, like free games, is the future for the mobile Web."
Other award nominees are Maxim Mobile, Premiere Mobile, the Project Runway Wireless Website and Reuters.
As a nominee for a Webby Award, GameJump is also eligible to win a People's Voice Award. Voting is open to the public from April 10th to April 27th at http://peoplesvoice.webbyawards.com.
The 11th Annual Webby Awards received a record 8,000 entries from over 60 countries and all 50 states.
Founded in 1996, The Webby Awards is known worldwide for its famous five-word speeches.
About Greystripe
Greystripe is the world's first ad-supported mobile games and applications distributor. Greystripe's AdWRAP technology enables: publishers to gain advertising revenue by serving ads through their games; advertisers to reach a new mobile audience; and consumers to download great games for free. The AdWRAP system is protected by a broad array of patents pending and currently serves ads into more than 500 game titles from 62 publishers supporting over 1,000 handset models. Greystripe reaches millions of mobile game players through its online portal GameJump.com, through the mobile Web (wap.gamejump.com), and through its AdWRAP Catalog Program. Visit Greystripe at http://www.greystripe.com.
About The Webby Awards
Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by The New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Web sites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video, and Mobile Web sites. Established in 1996, the 11th Annual Webby Awards received a record 8,000 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: Adobe, The Creative Group, Verizon, AOL Video, dotMobi, Level 3, Adweek Magazines, Fortune, Reuters, Variety, Wired, IDG, Brightcove, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2advanced.Net, KobeMail and the Museum of the Moving Image.
About the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS)
The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences is dedicated to the creative, technical, and professional progress of the Internet and interactive media. The Academy is an intellectually diverse organization that includes over 500 members consisting of leading experts in a diverse range of fields, such as musician David Bowie, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, Internet inventor and Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vinton Cerf, "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser, and fashion designer Max Azria. For more information, visit www.iadas.net.
Source: Business Wire
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