The BBC News website has won the People’s Voice award for news at this year’s Webbys.
Other awards went to Pinterest, Google+ and Spotify, all of whom picked up their first Webbys.
The Daily Beast won the judges’ award for news website.
The People’s Voice awards sit alongside the judges’ awards and are voted for by online fans. This year nearly 1.5 million votes were cast from more than 200 countries.
The breakout of the year award went to Instagram, the photo-sharing startup recently bought by social media giant Facebook.
Facebook also won a People’s Special Achievement for Social Change, set up to recognise the impact of the net on political development.
via BBC News – Webbys: BBC News website wins People’s Voice news award.
