The 16th annual

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s for 2012 were held at the

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in New York City on May 21, 2012, and hosted by comedian

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. Winners were selected from among roughly 10,000 entries and voting by the public for the People's Choice Award was available prior to April 26. The awards ceremony was streamed live in HD on its website. Newly added to this ceremony were awards for the categories "Mobile Advertising," "Corporate Social Responsibility," and "Best Meme." The "Best Meme" Category represented the first time that there would be no individual credit and no award recipient apart from the meme itself.Hesse, Monica. "Webby Awards find meaning in memes." ''

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''. 20 May 2012.

Nominees and winners

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References

''Winners and nominees are generally named according to the organization or website winning the award, although the recipient is, technically, the

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firm or internal department that created the winning site and in the case of corporate websites, the designer's client. Web links are provided for informational purposes, both in the most recently available archive.org version before the awards ceremony and, where available, the current website. Many older websites no longer exist, are redirected, or have been substantially redesigned.''

External links

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