Jimmy FallonThe 13th annual Webby Awards unveiled their list of winners Tuesday, and Jimmy Fallon, Trent Reznor and Twitter are among those receiving special achievement honours.

“Late Night” host Fallon was named Internet’s “Person of the Year,” a title given to fellow comedian Stephen Colbert last year. Fallon prepared for his talk-show debut with a series of “webisodes” and regularly uses Twitter to keep in touch with fans.

Twitter itself picked up a top award, Breakout of the Year. The three-year-old micro-messaging service has seen its usage grow by 900 per cent in the past year and follows in the footsteps of such other Breakout winners as YouTube, MySpace and Flickr.

Meanwhile, Nine Inch Nails frontman Reznor was recognized as Artist of the Year after he released his 2008 studio album, “The Slip,” as a free download on his website.

Other special achievement winners were Sarah Silverman, Seth MacFarlane and Lisa Kudrow.

Known as the “Oscars of the Internet,” the awards are presented annually by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences – a 550-member group of web experts – and boast dozens of categories that cover every niche of digital media.

Most of the categories have two winners, one voted on by the academy and the other – the People’s Voice winners – chosen by popular vote. Visit the awards site here for a complete list of winners.

The Webby awards will be given out at a ceremony on June 8 as part of Internet Week New York. Seth Meyers of “Saturday Night Live” will host the proceedings, which, as per tradition, will limit winners to a five-word acceptance speech.






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