IGN Wins Webby People's Voice!

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- After a record-breaking number of votes, the people have spoken: IGN's The Daily Fix and Host Jessica Chobot scored the coveted Webby People's Voice Award in the category of Best Reality/Variety Host in the 14th Annual Webby Awards!  Hailed as the "Internet's highest honor" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet including Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video and Mobile.

Indicating the highest level of loyalty and commitment from the online community, The Webby People's Voice Award allows fans to vote for their favorite nominees and ultimately crown the People's Voice winners in each category.  With nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 US states and over 60 countries around the world – and more than 700,000 votes cast in the Webby People's Voice Awards – The Daily Fix truly represents the best of the Web.  

"Having just celebrated IGN Daily Fix's one year anniversary, being honored with a Webby by the people that matter most – the fans – is the best kind of validation you can get," said Bernard Ho, Vice President, Video at IGN.  "Jess and the Daily Fix have a huge following, and this People's Voice win proves that IGN's fans are really second to none!"  

Online since March 2009, IGN's The Daily Fix is a daily video show and podcast featuring award-winning host and internet sensation Jessica Chobot delivering top news that games and entertainment enthusiasts really care about.  IGN Daily Fix can be viewed at: http://ign.com/dailyfix.  

With shows like The Daily Fix, along with other originally-produced video programming including Game Reviews, Strategize, Rewind Theater and more – IGN dominated the competition in video views in March 2010, according to comScore Video Metrix. IGN Entertainment approximately doubled its closest competition with 31.5 million views for the month and continues to rank as the #1 site for video views in the gaming information category.  

As a Webby People's Voice winner, IGN will be honored at the 14th Annual Webby Gala on June 14 at Cipriani Wall Street, where all winners will get to record a 5-word acceptance speech.  The Gala will be hosted by B.J. Novak of NBC's "The Office," and special honorees will include Amy Poehler, OK Go, Vinton Cerf, Roger Ebert, and many more.

About IGN Entertainment

IGN Entertainment, a unit of News Corporation, is a leading Internet media and services provider focused on the videogame and entertainment enthusiast markets. Collectively, IGN's properties reached more than 37.2 million unique users worldwide in March 2010, according to Internet audience measurement firm comScore Media Metrix. IGN's network of videogame-related properties (IGN.com, GameSpy, FilePlanet, TeamXbox, Direct2Drive and others) is one of the Web's leading videogame information destinations. IGN also owns and operates leading men’s lifestyle website AskMen.com. In addition, IGN provides technology for online game play in videogames. IGN is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices across North America, Europe and Australia.

SOURCE IGN Entertainment