May 2012  /// Hammerstein Ballroom  ///  NYC
June 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007  ///  Cipriani Wall Street  ///  NYC

"The Oscars of the Internet" has grown from its San Francisco circa 1996 roots to being livestreamed globally every year from New York City.  The event celebrates everything digital, and to deal with the sheer volume of the awards, has become famous for the forced brevity of their '5 Word Acceptance Speeches.'

An amalgamation of social media, smartphone games, indie music, and quickly-expiring memes, the awards stay true to the independence and horizontal ubiquity of the internet, while attracting some esteemed or simply established celebrities in the process.