1998 Momentum Awards Announced

Posted on October 28, 1998

Travelocity, eBay, Priceline, Mary Furlong, Homeshark, Seth Godin, and LinkExchange take home Internet leadership awards. The First Annual Momentum Awards were announced last night, honoring seven outstanding Internet industry leaders. The Momentum Awards, presented by Exceed's ChannelSeven.com, ICONOCAST, Internet.com, The Industry Standard, eMarketer, @d:tech, & @NY, recognize organizations and individuals whose contributions are driving the Internet industry forward. The event was attended by 1,100 Internet executives.

"This year's winners are all examples of companies or individuals who are pushing the envelope in a new Internet-driven economy," according to Robert Risse, Publisher of Channel Seven. "The diverse group of winners clearly shows how the Internet is shaping a wide range of business, marketing, advertising, and community activities."

The seven winners included eBay.com, Priceline.com, Mary Furlong, CEO of Third Age Media, Travelocity.com, Homeshark.com, Seth Godin, President/CEO of Yoyodyne and LinkExchange.com.

Finalists for the Momentum Awards included: Flexlease.nl, Net Perceptions, Kate Everett-Thorpe (CEO Lot21), Autoweb.com, Peter Murphy & Dr. Scott Eliott (Vantage) Jonathan Nelson (CEO Organic), Tim Smith (CEO Red Sky Interactive), Candice Carpenter (CEO iVillage), Knight Ridder, Hotjobs.com, America's Health Network, Mplayer.com, Freeshop, Comet Systems, and WebTV.

The Jury was composed of a diverse panel of independent Internet marketing experts, including: Samsung Electronics' Thomas Rhee, Sony Audio's Marty Homlish, Public Relations expert Jack O'Dwyer, Caesar's Palace's Phil Cooper, Syndicated Columnist Cindy Adams, Advertising expert Jerry Della Famina, Abrams/Gentile Toy inventor Marty Abrams, Madison Square Garden's Pam Harris, Estee Lauder Companies' Angela Kapp, ChannelSeven.com Europe's Andrei Puhov, DM News' Ken Magill, Advertising Age's Michael Wilke, Reuters America's' Yukari Iwatani, Tristar Interactive's Lynda Keeler, eMarketer's Sam Alfstad, The New York Post's Don Kaplan, J&R Music World's Rochelle Friedman, HWH PR's Lois Whitman, USA Network's Karen Donahue The Industry Standard's John Battelle, ICONOCAST's Michael Tchong, and ChannelSeven.com's Mara Lipacis.