The Gorillaz are winners in this years 10th Annual Webby Awards and will be honored with a slate of Special Achievement honorees, including the founders of Myspace.com, Thomas Friedman, Mark Cuban, and Internet co-inventor Dr. Robert Kahn, at the June 12th gala in New York City, the International Academy of the Digital Arts and Sciences announced today.

Recipients of this year's Webby Special Achievement awards, including:

Webby Breakout of the Year: social networking sensation MySpace.com and its founders Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe.

Webby Artist of the Year: The Gorillaz, the world's most successful virtual band and a pioneer in fusing music and animation.

Webby Entrepreneur of the Year: Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and HDNet and evangelist for the power of technology to drive change.

Webby Person of the Year: Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The World is Flat: A Brief History of The 21st Century.

Webby Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Robert Kahn, co-inventor of the TCP/IP protocols, the technology used to transmit information on today's Internet.

Proclaimed "the online equivalent of an Oscar" by the New York Times (June 21, 2005), The Webby Awards is a leading international honor for Web sites. The Webby Awards is presented by the Academy, a global organization with over 500 members including musician David Bowie, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, The Body Shop president Anita Roddick, "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, Naked Chef Jamie Oliver, and fashion designer Max Azria.

Over 600 winners, industry leaders, and celebrities will attend the June 12th ceremony at New York City's landmark Cipriani Wall Street For the second year in a row, Rob Corddry of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart will emcee the evening's festivities.