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WW App Wins Webby Award and People's Voice Webby Award in "Apps, Mobile, and Voice: Best Practices" CategoryNEW YORK, April 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- WW (NASDAQ: WW) -- the new Weight Watchers -- today announced the WW app has won a Webby Award and a Webby People's Voice Award in the Apps, Mobile and Voice: Best Practices category in the 23rd Annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the "Internet's highest honor" by The New York Times, The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), is the leading international awards organization honoring excellence on the Internet. IADAS, which nominates and selects The Webby Award Winners, is comprised of Internet industry experts. "Our aspiration is for the WW app to become the world's everything app for wellness," said Mindy Grossman, President and Chief Executive Officer of WW. "We are excited to be honored among some of the Internet's best content creators for our hard work on the WW app, which provides the tools, content, connection and inspiration for our members to achieve their goals." "Nominees like WW are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet," said Claire Graves, Executive Director of The Webby Awards. "It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 13,000 entries we received this year." "What's really gratifying for our team is that we were awarded by both the experts at the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences as well as the members of the WW community who use our app every day on their journey to lose weight and develop healthy habits," said Michael Korcuska, Chief Product Officer, WW. "Our team of designers, engineers, product managers, data scientists and researchers are thrilled with the recognition, which is further fuel for our innovation and creativity to continue improving the experience." Available on both iPhone and a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2444306-1&h=3180371969&u=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%2Fapps%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.weightwatchers.mobile%26hl%3Den_US&a=Android" rel="nofollow">Android, the WW app gives members access to WW's easy-to-use food and fitness tracker, thousands of delicious recipes, and the support they need to lose weight and build healthy habits for life.
The WW app also won an honorable mention in the Apps, Mobile, and Voice: Health & Fitness category, and WW won two honorable mentions in the social media categories: Best Overall Social Presence - Brand and Best Overall Social Presence Health & Fitness. About WW For more information, contact: View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ww-app-wins-webby-award-and-peoples-voice-webby-award-in-apps-mobile-and-voice-best-practices-category-300836727.html SOURCE WW |