The New York Times has described the Webby Awards as "the online equivalent of an Oscar," and they're right, both awards are equally meaningless despite the noise and pageantry that surrounds them. But like the Oscars, at least they're getting someone funny to lead the proceedings. Our pal Rob Corddry from The Daily Show is returning to host the awards for their tenth year. Over 700 people are expected to attend the event when it takes place in the Cipriani Wall Street area of NYC on June 12. As usual, acceptance speeches can only be five words long, which is definitely something I think the Oscars should implement as well.

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I'd never really paid a whole lot of attention to weblog awards until I joined the WIN network early last year. Yes, I've heard of Webbys and Bloggies before, and believe it or not, I didn't think they were some sort of new sexual favor one could ask for in the red light district of downtown Whateversville. Just the other day, I saw mention of the Sixth Annual Weblog Awards, the Bloggies, taking nominations now. How do they decide who's been spamming their system with constant nominations for the same blog? Via logged IP, perhaps? In any case, I'm definitely interested to see who gets top honors in, oh, say, the Best Entertainment Weblog, Best Topical Weblog, Best New Weblog and Weblog of the Year categories. Will be interesting to see, hmm?