Crunchies
Template:Short description The Crunchies was an industry award given out from 2007 to 2017 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]
On November 9, 2017, Techcrunch announced that the award show would be ending as part of the streamlining of operations by parent owner Verizon Communications.[6]
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Internet's young turks rally for big blogs Crunchies awards". AFP. January 18, 2008. Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Matt Rosoff (February 1, 2012). "No Love For Google At The Crunchies This Year". Business Insider. Archived from the original on January 31, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Damon Darlin (January 11, 2010). "A Song of Silicon Valley". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jessica Guynn (January 11, 2010). "Silicon Valley turns out for Crunchies". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Scott Austin (January 19, 2009). "Here's A Shiny Award To Perk You Up". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Crunchies, where Silicon Valley went to be celebrated and skewered, is ending". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
