The 20th annual

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s for 2016 was held at Cipriani Wall Street in

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on May 16, 2016, which was hosted by comedian and actor

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. The awards ceremony was streamed live on the Webby Awards website. Judges from the

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picked the over one hundred winners, which may or may not match the people's choice. The Webby for Lifetime Achievement was awarded to

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, having earned over 39 Webbys for its humor over the past 20 years.20TH ANNUAL WEBBY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
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Nominees and winners

:''(from http://webbyawards.com/winners/2016/)''

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

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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

Official site
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