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April 28-June 4th the New Museum of Contemporary Art will feature "Contagious Media", an art exhibition presented in conjunction with the Showdown.

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On Saturday June 18th we had the official presentation of the awards.

On Thursday May 19th, join James Hong (co-founder, Hot or Not), Nick Denton (founder, Gawker Media), Chelsea Peretti (co-creator, BlackPeopleLoveUs, the Rejection Line), Jeff Mack (Alexa Internet), and moderator Jonah Peretti.

On Saturday May 7th we had some great workshops by the creators of BPLU, Rejection Line, FundRace, How to Dance Properly, Nike Sweatshop Email, Dog Island, del.icio.us, Blogdex, Subservient Chicken , and Pizza Party. Special guests from The Yes Men, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, and the EFF.