50-699: The Webby Awards (colloquially referred to as the Webbys ) are awards for excellence on the Internet presented annually by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences , a judging body composed of over three thousand industry experts and technology innovators. Categories include websites , advertising and media, online film and video, mobile sites and apps, and social. Two winners are selected in each category, one by members of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and one by
100-752: A People's Voice Award selected by the general public. Between 2005 and 2019, the Webby Awards were presented in New York City. Many of the ceremony hosts are comedians and comedic actors. Comedian Rob Corddry hosted the ceremony from 2005 to 2007. Seth Meyers of Saturday Night Live hosted in 2008 and 2009, B.J. Novak of the sitcom The Office in 2010, and Lisa Kudrow in 2011. Comedian, actor, and writer Patton Oswalt hosted from 2012 to 2014. Comedian Hannibal Buress hosted in 2015. The Webbys are famous for limiting recipients to five-word speeches, which are often humorous, although some exceed
150-450: A key role in counseling the adoption of "strategic billing" as a way of increasing revenues from hospital business. She dates this development from 2005, when Deloitte hired Tommy Thompson , former secretary of health and human services, as chairman of its global healthcare practice. In 2011, Deloitte was ranked No. 1 by revenue in all areas of healthcare consulting—life sciences, payer, provider, and government health. The firm implemented
200-529: A partner in the London office. In 1896, Charles Waldo Haskins and Elijah Watt Sells formed Haskins & Sells in New York. It was later described as "the first major auditing firm to be established in the country by American rather than British accountants". In 1898, George Touche established an office in London and then, in 1900, joined John Ballantine Niven in establishing the firm of Touche Niven in
250-840: A result of the Russo-Ukrainian War , the firm would no longer carry out business in Russia or Belarus , and would separate its practices within these countries from its global network of firms. In March 2022, Deloitte acquired Etain, a data and digital transformation specialist company, based in Northern Ireland . The Wall Street Journal reported in June 2022 that the firm might choose to divide itself into two new companies, one accounting firm and one advisory firm. The Wall Street Journal reported this potential change several weeks after reporting that Ernst & Young
300-530: A single company or through separate legal entities operating as subsidiaries of an umbrella legal entity for the country). Audit provides the organization's traditional accounting and audit services, as well as internal auditing, IT control assurance and Media & Advertising Assurance. Investors in Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings Company Limited have claimed that there was a failure to alert them to
350-438: Is a UK private company, limited by guarantee, supported by a network of independent legal entities. Deloitte provides audit , consulting , financial advisory , risk advisory , tax , and legal services with approximately 457,000 employees globally, and operates in over 150 countries. In FY 2023, the network earned revenues of US$ 64.9 billion in aggregate. The firm has sponsored a number of activities and events including
400-647: Is owned and operated by the Webby Media Group, a division of Recognition Media, which also owns and produces the Lovie Awards in Europe and Netted by the Webbys, a daily email publication launched in 2009. David-Michel Davies, CEO of Webby Media Group, current Executive Director of the Webby Awards and co-founder of Internet Week New York, was named Executive Director of the Webby Awards in 2005. In 2009,
450-577: Is the largest professional services network by revenue and number of employees in the world and is one of the Big Four accounting firms , along with EY , KPMG , and PwC . The firm was founded by William Welch Deloitte in London , England in 1845 and expanded into the United States in 1890. It merged with Haskins & Sells to form Deloitte Haskins & Sells in 1972 and with Touche Ross in
500-648: The 2012 Summer Olympics . There have been a number of controversies surrounding the firm, including Deloitte's involvement in a "potentially misleading" report on illicit tobacco trading in Australia. The company suffered a major cyberattack in September 2017, causing a breach in client confidentiality and publicizing a significant amount of employee information. Deloitte has also been subject to litigation regarding several of its audits. In 1845, William Welch Deloitte opened an office in London, England. Deloitte
550-502: The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants , launched his own organization. The new entity enjoyed such a positive start that in less than a year, the partners merged with Touche Niven and A. R. Smart to form Touche, Niven, Bailey & Smart. Headed by Bailey, the organization grew rapidly, in part by creating a dedicated management consulting function. It also forged closer links with organizations established by
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#1732772383724600-480: The Hotwire travel website. Heat was the 11th digital marketing agency purchased by Deloitte Digital since its founding in 2012. As of 2016, Deloitte Digital had 7,000 employees. It billed $ 2.1 billion in 2015, making it one of world's largest digital agencies. In September 2016, Apple Inc. announced a partnership with Deloitte aimed at boosting sales of its phones and other mobile devices to businesses. As part of
650-479: The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences . List of web awards This list of web awards is an index to articles on notable awards related to the internet . Deloitte Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited ( / d ə ˈ l ɔɪ t ˈ t uː ʃ t oʊ ˈ m ɑː t s uː / də- LOYT TOOSH toh- MAHT -soo ), commonly referred to as Deloitte , is a multinational professional services network based in London , England. Deloitte
700-632: The SAP HR system for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) for $ 95 million and because of faults in the system, some teachers were underpaid, overpaid, or not paid at all. As of 31 December 2007, LAUSD had incurred a total of $ 140 million in payments to Deloitte to get the system working properly. In 2008, there was some evidence that the payroll issues had started to stabilize with errors below 1% according to LAUSD's chief operating officer. The firm worked on
750-585: The 13th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 US states and over 60 countries. That same year, more than 500,000 votes were cast in The Webby People's Voice Awards. In 2012, the 16th Annual Webby awards received 1.5 million votes from more than 200 countries for the People's Voice awards. In 2015, the 19th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 13,000 entries from all 50 U.S. states and over 60 countries worldwide. The 2000 awards began
800-616: The Cancer AI Alliance. In 1989, Deloitte, Haskins & Sells merged in most countries with Touche Ross, forming Deloitte & Touche. However, in the United Kingdom, the local firm of Deloitte, Haskins & Sells merged instead with Coopers & Lybrand (now part of PwC). While the full name of the UK private company is Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, in 1989, it initially branded itself as DTT International. In 2003,
850-799: The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel as a nod to the first site of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars). That first year, they were called "Webbie" Awards. The first "Site of the Year" winner was the pioneer webisodic serial The Spot . The modern Webby Awards were co-founded by Tiffany Shlain , a filmmaker, when she was hired by The Web Magazine to re-establish them, and were first held in San Francisco in 1997. They quickly became known for its requirement that winners give their acceptance speeches in five words. After this,
900-605: The Johnston Building at 30 Broad Street in New York. On 1 March 1933, Colonel Arthur Hazelton Carter, President of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and managing partner of Haskins & Sells, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking and Currency . Carter helped convince Congress that independent audits should be mandatory for public companies . In 1947, Detroit accountant George Bailey, then president of
950-701: The Oscars, as did media outlets such as The New York Times to Canada's Globe & Mail . The winners of the First Annual Webby Awards in 1995 were presented by John Brancato and Michael Ferris , writers for Columbia Pictures . It was held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel . The televised Webby Awards were sponsored by the Academy of Web Design and Cool Site of the Day . The first Webby Awards were produced by Kay Dangaard at
1000-523: The UK and Swiss member firms to create Deloitte North West Europe. Deloitte, over the next three years, would invest €200m to enhance its services to its global, national and private market clients and to create development opportunities. The firm came into effect on 1 June 2017 and it is estimated to have 28,000 partners and people generating over €5bn in annual revenue. Deloitte North West Europe accounts for approximately 20% of all revenue within their Global Network. In March 2022, Deloitte announced that, as
1050-466: The UK partnership, a smaller number of Deloitte Haskins & Sells member firms rejected the merger with Touche Ross and shortly thereafter merged with Coopers & Lybrand to form Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte (later to merge with Price Waterhouse to become PwC ). Some member firms of Touche Ross also rejected the merger with Deloitte Haskins & Sells and merged with other firms. In the UK, Touche Ross merged with Spicer & Oppenheim in 1990. At
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#17327723837241100-480: The UK property consultants Drivers Jonas in January 2010. As of 2013, this business unit was known as Deloitte Real Estate. In 2011, Deloitte acquired DOMANI Sustainability Consulting and ClearCarbon Consulting in order to expand its sustainability service offerings. In January 2012, Deloitte announced the acquisition of Übermind, a mobile advertising agency. The acquisition marked Deloitte's first entrance into
1150-493: The US to form Deloitte & Touche in 1989. In 1993, the international firm was renamed Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, later abbreviated to Deloitte. In 2002, Arthur Andersen 's practice in the UK as well as several of that firm's practices in Europe and North and South America agreed to merge with Deloitte. Subsequent acquisitions have included Monitor Group , a large strategy consulting business, in January 2013. The international firm
1200-494: The account because management at the client was not committed to best practices in finance. Consulting assists clients by providing services in the offering areas of strategy, analytics and M&A , customer and marketing , core business operations , human capital , and enterprise technology and performance . Consulting is Deloitte's largest business, bringing over 40% of total revenues in 2021. In An American Sickness (2017), Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal attributed to Deloitte
1250-515: The appropriate Website, Advertising & Media, Online Film & Video, Mobile Sites & Apps, and Social category criteria, and cast ballots to determine Webby Honorees, Nominees and Webby Winners. Deloitte provides vote tabulation consulting for the Webby Awards. In addition to the award given in each category by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, another winner is selected in each category as determined by
1300-514: The award ceremony), and thus for not taking most websites into consideration before distributing their awards. Gawker , its Valleywag column, and others, have called the awards a scam, with Valleywag saying, "...somewhere along the way, the organizers figured out that this goofy charade could be milked for profit." In response, Webby Awards executive director David-Michel Davies told the Wall Street Journal that entry fees “provide
1350-1037: The awards became more successful than the magazine and IDG closed the publication. Shlain and co-founder Maya Draisin Farrah continued to run The Webby Awards until 2004. The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences , which selects the winners of The Webby Awards, was established in 1998 by co-founders Tiffany Shlain , Spencer Ante and Maya Draisin. Members of the Academy include Kevin Spacey , Grimes , Questlove , Internet inventor Vint Cerf , Instagram ’s Head of Fashion Partnerships Eva Chen , comedian Jimmy Kimmel , Twitter founder Biz Stone , Vice Media co-founder and CEO Shane Smith , Tumblr ’s David Karp , Director of Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society Susan P. Crawford , Refinery29 ’s Executive Creative Director Piera Gelardi, and CEO and co-founder of Gimlet Media Alex Blumberg . The Webby Awards
1400-528: The best and most sustainable model for ensuring that our judging process remains consistent and rigorous and is not dependent on things like sponsorships that can fluctuate from year to year.” In 2021, the Webby organization started a new line of awards, the Anthem Awards, to honor the purpose and mission-driven work of people, companies and organizations worldwide. The finalists and winners are selected by
1450-467: The business of Monitor Group , the strategy consulting firm founded by Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter , after Monitor filed for bankruptcy protection. In 2014, the company introduced Rubix, a blockchain consultancy providing advisory services for clients in different business sectors, including government. In 2016 the company created its first blockchain lab in Dublin. A second hub
1500-638: The co-founder of Touche Niven, George Touche: the Canadian organization Ross and the British organization George A. Touche. In 1960, the firm was renamed Touche, Ross, Bailey & Smart, becoming Touche Ross in 1969. In 1968 Nobuzo Tohmatsu formed Tohmatsu Aoki & Co, a firm based in Japan that was to become part of the Touche Ross network in 1975. In 1972 Robert Trueblood, Chairman of Touche Ross, led
1550-543: The committee responsible for recommending the establishment of the Financial Accounting Standards Board . In 1972, Deloitte's firm (by then known as Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Co.) merged with Haskins & Sells to form Deloitte Haskins & Sells. In 1989, Deloitte Haskins & Sells merged with Touche Ross in the US to form Deloitte & Touche. The merged firm was led jointly by J. Michael Cook and Edward A. Kangas. Led by
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1600-455: The company's poor financial position. Deloitte claims it did a good job on the project. Deloitte's global CEO defended the firm's work on the Kelon matter. The firm was the auditor for thirty months from 2002 to 2004. It qualified its opinion in 2004 as to company sales, returns, and allowances. The firm resigned from the Kelon account after completing the 2004 audit. Deloitte said it resigned from
1650-773: The existing Deloitte vision: "To be the Standard of Excellence". AOSA represents the global organization's value proposition and is never used as a tagline. The recent launch of the Green Dot ad campaign also aligns with Deloitte's brand strategy and positioning framework. In June 2016, Deloitte changed its branding and adopted a new logo, with Deloitte written in black color instead of the earlier blue. In India , Deloitte operates under several brand names, including A.F.Ferguson &Co., A.F.Ferguson Associates, S.B.Billimoria, C.C.Choksi & Co., P.C.Hansotia, Fraser & Ross and Deloitte Haskins & Sells (India). For many years,
1700-670: The firm's largest practice outside the US, agreed to merge with Deloitte's UK practice. Andersen's practices in Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium, Mexico, Brazil and Canada also agreed to merge with Deloitte. The spinoff of Deloitte France's consulting division led to the creation of Ineum Consulting . In 2005, Deloitte acquired Beijing Pan-China CPA to become the largest accountancy firm in China. Just prior to this acquisition Deloitte China had about 3,200 employees. This acquisition
1750-517: The general public during People's Voice voting. Winners of both the Academy-selected and People's Voice-selected awards are invited to the Webbys. The Webby Awards are presented in over a hundred categories among all four types of entries. A website can be entered in multiple categories and receive multiple awards. In each category, two awards are handed out: a Webby Award selected by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and
1800-412: The international firm was renamed Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. In 1995, the partners of Deloitte & Touche decided to create Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group (now known as Deloitte Consulting). In 2000, Deloitte acquired Eclipse to add internet design to its consulting capabilities. Eclipse was later separated into Deloitte Online and Deloitte Digital. In 2002, Arthur Andersen 's UK practice,
1850-426: The laws and professional regulations of the particular country or countries in which it operates. This structure is similar to other professional services networks which seek to limit vicarious liability for acts of other members. As separate and legal entities, DTTL and its member firms cannot obligate each other. Professional services continue to be provided by member firms only and not DTTL. With this structure,
1900-696: The limit. In 2005 when accepting his Lifetime Achievement Award, former Vice President Al Gore 's speech was "Please don't recount this vote." He was introduced by Vint Cerf who used the same format to state, "We all invented the Internet." In 2013, the creator of the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) , Steve Wilhite , accepted his Webby and delivered his now famous five-word speech, "It's pronounced 'Jif' not 'Gif'." The Webbys have been criticized for their pay-to-enter and pay-to-attend policy (winners and nominees also have to pay to attend
1950-559: The members should not be liable for the negligence of other independent members. This structure also allows them to be members of the IFAC Forum of Firms. In 2019, the U.K. partners in the firm received average pay of £882,000. In 2023, the average income of Deloitte partners in the U.K. topped £1,000,000 for the third year in a row. Deloitte member firms offer services in the following functions, with country-specific variations on their legal implementation (i.e., all operating within
2000-436: The mobile application field. In November 2012, Deloitte acquired Recombinant Data Corporation, a company specializing in data warehousing and clinical intelligence software, and launched Recombinant by Deloitte. In February 2013 Recombinant by Deloitte merged with an internal informatics unit (Deloitte Health Informatics) and launched ConvergeHEALTH by Deloitte. On 11 January 2013, Deloitte purchased substantially all of
2050-464: The organization and its network of member firms were legally organized as a Swiss Verein (the equivalent of an unincorporated association). As of 31 July 2010, members of the Verein became part of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL), a UK private company limited by guarantee without share capital. Each member firm in its global network remains a separate and independent legal entity, subject to
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2100-399: The partnership, the two companies will launch a service called Enterprise Next, in which more than 5,000 Deloitte consultants will advise clients on how to make better use of Apple products and services. In October 2016, Deloitte announced that they were creating Deloitte North West Europe. The Belgian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish member firms will combine with
2150-447: The public who cast their votes during Webby People's Voice voting. Each winner presents a five-word acceptance speech, a trademark of the annual awards show. In its early years, the award was hailed as the "Internet’s highest honor" and was associated with the phrase "The Oscars of the Internet." In its early years, the organization was one of several vying to be the premiere internet awards show. Both shows would compare themselves to
2200-494: The rebranding campaign was commissioned by William G. Parrett , the then-CEO of DTT, and led by Jerry Leamon, the global Clients and Markets leader. According to the company website, Deloitte now refers to the brand under which independent firms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, and tax services to selected clients. In 2008, Deloitte adopted its new "Always One Step Ahead" (AOSA) brand positioning platform to support
2250-455: The time of the US-led mergers to form Deloitte & Touche, the name of the international firm was a problem, because there was no worldwide exclusive access to the names "Deloitte" or "Touche Ross" – key member firms such as Deloitte in the UK and Touche Ross in Australia had not joined the merger. The name DRT International was therefore chosen, referring to Deloitte, Ross and Tohmatsu. In 1993,
2300-411: The transition to nominee submissions. Previously, nominees had been selected by an internal committee. As early as 2017, organizations wanting to nominate themselves were charged $ 395 for a single entry. An "ad campaign entry" would cost $ 595. By 2024, those fees had risen to $ 495 and $ 675, respectively. Executive Academy Members with category-specific expertise evaluate the shortlisted entries based on
2350-404: Was considering a similar split. In November 2023, Deloitte entered into a supply contract with Henchmann, a provider of contract drafting and negotiation software that scans and extracts key data points from legal documents. In 2024, Deloitte, Nvidia , Microsoft and Amazon Web Services provided a combined $ 40 million in funding to multiple cancer institutes to support the establishment of
2400-827: Was launched in New York in January 2017. In 2016, Deloitte Canada set-up a Bitcoin automatic teller machine and equipped a restaurant in its office complex to accept bitcoin as payment. Deloitte CIS partnered with Waves Platform to offering services related to initial coin offerings . Deloitte became a member of the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance and the Hyperledger Project sponsored by the Linux Foundation in May 2017. In 2016, Deloitte acquired advertising agency Heat of San Francisco, best known for its work Madden NFL from EA Sports and
2450-628: Was part of a five-year plan to invest $ 150 million in China. Deloitte has had a presence in China since 1917. In 2007, Deloitte began hiring former employees of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for their competitive intelligence unit known as Deloitte Intelligence. In 2009, Deloitte purchased the North American public service practice of BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting) for $ 350 million after it filed for bankruptcy protection. Deloitte LLP took over
2500-582: Was the first person to be appointed an independent auditor of a public company, namely the Great Western Railway . He went on to open an office in New York in 1880. In 1890, Deloitte opened a branch office on Wall Street headed by Edward Adams and P.D. Griffiths as branch managers. This was Deloitte's first overseas venture. Other branches were soon opened in Chicago and Buenos Aires . In 1898 P.D. Griffiths returned from New York and became
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