New York and San Francisco Firms Top List of Webby Winners

has a strong digital media arm, which picked up awards in four categories, including Best Science Web Site (Discovery News) and Best Entertainment App for MythBusters.

Goodby, Silverstein & Partners (San Francisco): This ad agency won four Webbys including one for Yahoo! Bus Stop Derby, a series of touch screens installed at bus stops around San Francisco, where commuters could participate in multiplayer games during their commutes.

The Webby Awards are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and include more than 70 categories. Winners will be honored during a ceremony June 13 in New York, which will be streamed live on the Internet, in HD, by Major League Baseball’s MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM).

For a complete list of awards, click here.

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Author: Arlene Weintraub

Arlene is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences and technology. She was previously a senior health writer based out of the New York City headquarters of BusinessWeek, where she wrote hundreds of articles that explored both the science and business of health. Her freelance pieces have been published in USA Today, US News & World Report, Technology Review, and other media outlets. Arlene has won awards from the New York Press Club, the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Foundation for Biomedical Research, and the American Society of Business Publication Editors. Her book about the anti-aging industry, Selling the Fountain of Youth, was published by Basic Books in September 2010.