The 1997 Webby Awards were the first of the annual Webby Awards, and also the first-ever nationally televised awards ceremony devoted to the Internet. 700 people attended the event on March 6, 1997, at Bimbo's Night Club in San Francisco, California
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Nominees and winners
(from http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/winners-1997.php)Panelists
Whereas in later years the panelists were official members of International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, in 1997 the awards were chosen and given by IDG's The Web Magazine, which appointed a panel to judge the competition.
The panel of judges was:
References
1997 Webby Awards Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA