﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>Cision News</title><link>https://news.cision.com</link><description>Cision is the leading global provider of media research, distribution, monitoring and evaluation services. With over 40 locations throughout the world, Cision provides the insight, expertise and intelligence that improve performance and build reputations.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:04:48 GMT</pubDate><image><title>Cision News</title><width>146</width><height>60</height><link>https://news.cision.com</link><url>https://news.cision.com/Content/img/news-logo.png</url></image><item><title>WALKER ART CENTER INTERNET CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL GOLDEN KITTY AWARDED TO THE ORIGINAL GRUMPY CAT</title><link>http://news.cision.com/walker-art-center/r/walker-art-center-internet-cat-video-festival-golden-kitty-awarded-to-the-original-grumpy-cat,c9458003</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1412827</guid><description><![CDATA[The Walker Art Center presented the second Internet Cat Video Festival this evening at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand, drawing an audience over 10,000. The people’s choice award, the Golden Kitty, was presented to The Original Grumpy Cat. Grumpy responded to the honor with a characteristic “Whatever.”

Chosen by online voting of nearly 20,000 responses, the Golden Kitty was shown as the finale of the festival and was awarded by last year’s winner Will Braden, creator of Henri Le Chat Noir, and festival producer Scott Stulen of the Walker Art Center in front of a Minnesota State Fair]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:28:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>INTERNET CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL FEATURES HOST JULIE KLAUSNER AND CELEBRICATS GRUMPY CAT, KEYBOARD CAT, NYAN CAT, LIL BUB AND HENRI AND THEIR CREATORS</title><link>http://news.cision.com/walker-art-center/r/internet-cat-video-festival-features-host-julie-klausner-and-celebricats-grumpy-cat--keyboard-cat--n,c9442240</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1383774</guid><description><![CDATA[GOLDEN KITTY VOTING NOW OPEN
The Walker Art Center presents its second Internet Cat Video Festival on Wednesday, August 28, 7 pm, at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand. Last year the Festival (#catvidfest), the first of its kind in the nation/world, drew a crowd of over 10,000 to the Walker.

Originally conceived as a modest celebration to bring online communities together in the real world, #catvidfest has now become its own viral sensation. Over the last year the Festival has spawned an international tour including events in Boston, San Diego, Austin, Memphis and Portland with upcoming]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:53:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>WALKER ART CENTER PRESENTS SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE INTERNET CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL AT MINNESOTA STATE FAIR GRANDSTAND ON AUGUST 28</title><link>http://news.cision.com/walker-art-center/r/walker-art-center-presents-second-installment-of-the-internet-cat-video-festival-at-minnesota-state-,c9370240</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1242803</guid><description><![CDATA[Minneapolis, February 14, 2013—The Walker Art Center presents its second Internet Cat Video Festival on Wednesday, August 28, 7 pm, at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand. Last year the Festival (#catvidfest), the first of its kind in the nation/world, drew a crowd of over 10,000 to the Walker. What began as a social experiment testing the boundaries of online communities and crowd-sourced content resulted in attention from local, national, and international audiences and media and spawned “copy-cat” festivals around the country. For its second edition, the Festival is moving to the Great]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AUDIENCE OVER 10,000 GATHERED ON OPEN FIELD FOR THE CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL AT WALKER ART CENTER</title><link>http://news.cision.com/walker-art-center/r/audience-over-10-000-gathered-on-open-field-for-the-cat-video-festival-at-walker-art-center,c9299341</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1104013</guid><description><![CDATA[GOLDEN KITTY AWARDED TO HENRI 2, PAW DE DEUX
Minneapolis, August 30, 2012—The Walker Art Center presented the first Cat Video Festival this evening at its Open Field, drawing an audience over 10,000. The people’s choice award, the Golden Kitty, was presented to William Brandon, creator of Henri 2, Paw de Deux. Brandon comments “This is a great honor. I don't think I've ever purred this loudly!" 

Chosen by online voting, the Golden Kitty was the shown as the finale of the festival and will be broadcast during the season finale of Animal Planet’s My Cat From Hell (http://animal.discovery.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD REVEALED AT THE FIRST INTERNET CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL, AUGUST 30, AT THE WALKER ART CENTER’S OPEN FIELD</title><link>http://news.cision.com/walker-art-center/r/people-s-choice-award-revealed-at-the-first-internet-cat-video-festival--august-30--at-the-walker-ar,c9293166</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1092061</guid><description><![CDATA[AWARD-WINNING VIDEO TO BE BROADCAST DURING ANIMAL PLANET’S MY CAT FROM HELL SEASON FINALE
Minneapolis, August 16, 2012—The Walker Art Center’s summer-long experiment, Open Field, presents the first internet cat video festival Thursday, August 30, 4–10 pm. Chosen by online voting, the winner of the People’s Choice Award, the Golden Kitty, will be announced at the festival and the producer of the winning video will be present. The video will also be broadcast during the season finale of Animal Planet’s My Cat From Hell (http://animal.discovery.com/tv/my-cat-from-hell/) on September 8 at 8 pm]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:33:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OVER 7,000 NOMINATIONS SUBMITTED FOR THE FIRST INTERNET CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL, AUGUST 30, AT THE WALKER ART CENTER’S OPEN FIELD</title><link>http://news.cision.com/walker-art-center/r/over-7-000-nominations-submitted-for-the-first-internet-cat-video-festival--august-30--at-the-walker,c9287524</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1080280</guid><description><![CDATA[ONLINE NOMINATIONS END SOON AND MERCHANDISE NOW AVAILABLE
Minneapolis, July 26, 2012—The Walker Art Center’s summer-long experiment, Open Field, presents the first internet cat video festival, Thursday, August 30, 4–10 pm. The Internet Cat Video Festival takes a subject of popular cultural relevance and crowd sourced content and presents it as communal social experience. Cat videos are a guilty pleasure for most, yet they are also one of the most shared entities on the internet–be it through email, blogs, social media, or even word of mouth. Why has this online phenomenon, which has such a]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>