Wammy Award Winners Announced.Napster Takes Dual Honors at First-Ever Wammy Awards Presentation RecognizingMusic on the Net SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- On the virtual eve of the historic legal showdown between Napster and the recording industry, the embattled peer-to-peer music sharing service took home top Internet honors at the first annual Wammy Awards presentation Thursday evening (September 21) in San Francisco. Napster snared dual honors, winning the Wammy Award for both Best Music Application and Website of the Year. The Wammy Awards were presented at a gala celebration at San Francisco's famed Palace of Fine Arts
Winners of the first annual Wammy Awards include: Website of the Year: Napster Best Music Portal: sonicnet.com Best Radio Website: KROQ.com (Los Angeles) Best Radio Webmaster: Lisa Roberts, kiss108.com (WXKS - Boston) Best Major Label Website: elektra.com Best Indie Label Website: Dreamworksrecords.com Best Webcast Event: Paul McCartney's Return to the Cavern Best Artist Website: ratm.com (Rage Against the Machine) Best New Talent Website: garageband.com Best Artist Campaign: Christina Aguilera Best New Music Website: mp3.com Best Webcaster: KNAC.com Best Personalized Music Website: launch.com Best Music Application: Napster Best Specialized Music Application: Beatnik.com Best Musician Website: Beatnik.com Listen.com Most Downloaded Artist: Eminem Label Executive of the Year: Kevin Conroy (BMG BMG Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Germand: Federal Ministry for Health) BMG Be My Girl BMG Blue Man Group BMG Bertelsmann Music Group BMG Be My Guest BMG Browning Machine Gun BMG Bulk Metallic Glass ) & Jay Samit (EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. ) (tie) Radio Executive of the Year: John Martin, Clear Channel Internet Executive of the Year: Nicholas Butterworth, MTVi Awards presented in conjunction with Media Metrix include: Top Music Reference Site: mp3.comTop Music Information Site: rollingstone.com Top Music Entertainment Site: MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. .com Top Music Broadcast Site: broadcast.com (now known as Yahoo Events)* *Represents an aggregation of commonly owned/branded domain names Specifically designed to recognize the ongoing explosion of artistic, visual, and technical development, the Wammy Awards honor those individuals and organizations whose creativity and innovation have quickly made music the biggest mainstream category on the Internet. The Wammy Awards are organized and presented by the Academy of Digital Music Arts and Sciences, which is operated by Gavin, long recognized as "The Most Trusted Name in Radio" and increasingly involved in coverage of music activity on the Internet via events, publications, and digital media. Gavin is part of United Business Media which, alongside CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information and PR Newswire, is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of United News & Media plc. |
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