Crunchies

The Crunchies are an industry award given out since 2008 by several technology blogs to the Silicon Valley companies and venture capitalists they cover.[1][2][3]

The awards have been sponsored and co-hosted by blogs such as GigaOm, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and ReadWriteWeb (which no longer participates), and tabulated from votes on their sites.[1] Awards have been given out at ceremonies at various theaters in San Francisco, California.[4]

The award, a plastic sculpture of a primate standing on top of a computer with a bone in his hand, is a reference to the opening scenes of 2001: A Space Odyssey, or possibly to a scene spoofing that movie in Zoolander.[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Internet's young turks rally for big blogs Crunchies awards". AFP. January 18, 2008.
  2. ↑ Matt Rosoff (February 1, 2012). "No Love For Google At The Crunchies This Year". Business Insider.
  3. ↑ Damon Darlin (January 11, 2010). "A Song of Silicon Valley". New York Times.
  4. ↑ Jessica Guynn (January 11, 2010). "Silicon Valley turns out for Crunchies". Los Angeles Times.
  5. ↑ Scott Austin (January 19, 2009). "Here’s A Shiny Award To Perk You Up". Wall Street Journal.
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