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Fans Can Vote Online to Help ZAGAT.mobi Win Internet's Top Honor

NEW YORK, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The 13th Annual Webby Awards this week nominated ZAGAT.mobi for the Best Listings and Updates on a Mobile Website of 2009. Voting by the public for Zagat's mobile website is open until April 30, 2009 at http://pv.webbyawards.com. Winners will be announced on May 5th, 2009 and honored at a star-studded ceremony in New York City on June 8th hosted by SNL's Seth Meyers.

Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by The New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile Websites. The Webby Awards are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 650-person judging academy whose members include Internet co-inventor Vinton Cerf, R/GA's Chief Bob Greenberg, "Simpson's" creator Matt Groening, Arianna Huffington, and Harvey Weinstein.

"Nominees like Zagat are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet," said David-Michel Davies, executive director of the Webby Awards. "It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the nearly 10,000 entries we received this year."

"The success of ZAGAT.mobi is a testament to the public recognition of our mobile website as a useful tool for finding restaurants, nightspots and shopping locations. We are thrilled that ZAGAT.mobi has been nominated," said Tim Zagat, CEO of Zagat Survey.

Winners will be able to share one of the Webby's famous five-word speeches with the world. Past Webby Award winners - and their speeches - include Al Gore ("Please don't recount this vote."), Beastie Boys ("Can anyone fix my computer?"), and Stephen Colbert ("Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.").

About ZAGAT.mobi:

ZAGAT.mobi is designed for the growing number of mobile phone users who seek information via their mobile devices. ZAGAT.mobi provides all visitors free restaurant, nightlife, shopping and hotel information including important listing details (e.g. address, phone number, hours), handy features (e.g. send to a friend via SMS, find nearby). ZAGAT.mobi and ZAGAT.com is universally accessible and features Zagat Survey's entire restaurant, nightlife, shopping and hotel content in the U.S. and internationally.

About Zagat Survey, LLC:

Known as the "burgundy bible," Zagat Survey is the world's most trusted source for information about where to eat, drink, stay and play around the globe, and as such has become a symbol of quality. Zagat Survey rates and reviews airlines, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, movies, music, golf, resorts, shopping, spas, and a range of other entertainment categories in more than 100 countries and has been lauded as the "most up-to-date, comprehensive and reliable guides ever published" and as "a necessity second only to a valid credit card." Zagat content is available in print, on the Web, on the mobile web, iPhones, BlackBerry, and on TV. For more information, visit ZAGAT.com.

About The 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 and video, and mobile web sites. Established in 1996, the 13th Annual Webby Awards received over 10,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. The Webby Awards is presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include: Microsoft Silverlight; The Creative Group; .ORG; Getty Images; The Barbarian Group; Digital Kitchen; Wired; IDG; PricewaterhouseCoopers; 2advanced.Net; KobeMail and Museum of the Moving Image.