the New York Times, which picked up 18 nominations. Others are a little less renowned, including Wiseguy Pictures, a comedy troupe that picked up a nomination in the “best writing” category for an online video called “Facebook Ruins Job Interview.” (The name says it all.)
Here is a sample of top nominees that hail from Xconomy cities…
New York
The New York Times in categories ranging from news to financial services
The New Yorker’s blog and magazine
The Huffington Post for its blog and coverage of business and politics
TED.com for its podcasts, educational programming, and more
The Onion for humor, writing, and video
Boston
WGBH Educational Foundation for Freedom Riders
Modernista for Dexter Game On and Boulder Digital Works
Seattle
Zillow for its website and mobile apps
Cheezburger Network for The Daily What
San Francisco
Dropbox for best practices
BabyCenter for family/parenting
Exploratorium for education/science
Twitter in the “community” category
San Diego
Neer for best use of GPS or location technology
For a complete list of nominees, click here.