Big media wins big in Webby Awards The New York Times tops winners list with eight but, hey, the Onion takes seven, so the offbeat and quirky still get a nod   The promise of multimedia mobile ads It's all the talk but several factors hold it back, and one is a lack of audience metrics, which is hindering growth of TV advertising   Coming big internet thing: Promotions Forecast: Marketers will triple spending on contests, games and such by 2012, making them the largest form of online advertising   In politics, a new breed of dark horse Cybersquatters are making big bucks this election with sites that are easily mistaken as those of the candidates, or click farms   The world's newest language: Nerdic It's the language learned talking to tech support, and a new study argues it's sweeping the globe, becoming the common tongue   A booming outlook for online job ads Recruitment spending will grow 25 percent by 2012, driven up as employers struggle to replace great armies of retiring boomers   By George, a reason for the dollar bill If America went to coins, it wouldn't be the same for Where's George, a web site that tracks the great journeys of paper bills   For the Webbys, hats off to the Times Newspaper is nominated for 16 awards for its site, twice as many as No. 2 NPR. Other top nominees: PBS, CondeNet, the Onion.   Looking at online TV with a cooler eye It's all the talk but its real growth potential is limited, at least in the near-term. Talking with Convergence Consulting's Brahm Eiley.   Online at least, mega March Madness More than 4.3 million visit the CBS site to watch first four rounds, up 147 percent over last year, even as TV audiences declined next >>