Manchester City gets nomination at the Webby Awards
Manchester City is representing the North at the Webby Awards, a US-based event seen by many as being the Oscars of the online community.
The football club is nominated in the best sports category, in the event which draw 1,000s of entries. Other nominees in the event include The Guardian and Mashable.
Established in 1996 the Webby Awards claims to be the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet.
They are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which includes an Executive 750-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities, and Associate Members who are former Webby Award Winners and Nominees and other Internet professionals.
The Academy is an intellectually diverse organization that includes members such as musicians Beck and David Bowie, Internet inventor Vint Cerf, political columnist Arianna Huffington, Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser, "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, R/GA Founder and Chairman Robert Greenberg, Virgin Atlantic Chairman and Founder Richard Branson, and The Weinstein Company Co-Founder Harvey Weinstein.
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