Andy Hobsbawm
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Andy Hobsbawm established the first international Internet agency in 1994[1] and was a founding director of leading British new media company Online Magic which merged with Agency.com in 1997[2]. He is the co-founder of Green Thing[3] and EvryThng[4] and is currently a digital media consultant[5][6] and non-executive director. Previously he was European MD then Chairman of Agency.com until 2009[7]. He is the son of noted British historian Eric J. Hobsbawm.[8]
Career highlights
- Created the world's first commercial eZine, PowerPC News, with Internet Publishing (1993)[9]
- Co-founded Online Magic with Eamonn Wilmott, the first international online agency (1995)[10]
- Online Magic broke new ground with an award-winning[11]interactive UK election coverage in 1997[12]. Hobsbawm, Wilmott and creative director Michael Martin and their team launched a groundbreaking original interactive content production 'GE97' covering the UK general elections online, which the Financial Times called "a watershed for the Web in this country".
- Weekly columnist about the new economy for the Financial Times[13]
- A member of GartnerG2's first online advertising advisory board
- Published a widely acclaimed report on the global impact of communications technologies: 10 Years On: The State of the Internet a decade after Mosaic (2003)[14]
- Currently writing “Small is the Next Big Thing – the Size and Shape of Commerce and Culture”
- Launched environmental community Green Thing in October 2007[15]
- Contributed a chapter on the future of brands in a digital world for The Economist book on Brands and Branding, published in May 2009.
- Co-founded 'Internet of Things' software company EvryThng in November 2009
Recognition
- In 2010 Andy was named in Wired magazine’s list of the UK’s "Top 100 Digital Power Brokers"[16]
- On behalf of Green Thing, Andy was awarded the AICA (International Association for Environmental Communication) Prize of environmental communication 2010 for "Communicating the Kyoto Protocol"[17]
- Recognised by industry professionals as one of most influential 100 individuals who have most contributed to the development and growth of e-commerce and the Internet in the UK over the last decade and also received a Special Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005
- Voted New Media Innovator of the Year and named by industry peers as one of the most admired digital pioneers in Campaign Magazine
- Featured as one of the Top 50 Internet Professionals in the UK for Internet Business Magazine
- Featured in 20/20 Hindsight: From Starting Up to Successful Entrepreneur, by Those Who've Been There (Virgin Business Guides) (2002)
Partial publication list
- "Phone a foreigner" (2003)
- 10 Years On: The State of the Internet a decade after Mosaic (2003)
- Ultimate Telecoms Futures (contributed one chapter)
- The Economist book on Brands and Branding (contributed one chapter) (2009)
- From social media to social good (2009)
- Social Media Beachcombing: Survival of the Twittest? (2009)
External links
References
- ^ Revolutionary Thinking New Media Age, 13 March 2003
- ^ TED Speaker biography
- ^ Elevator Pitch: Green Thing wants to change the world with creativity and inspiration, www.guardian.co.uk, 29 July 2009
- ^ EvryThng
- ^ trendwatching.com
- ^ ClearlySo
- ^ Top 300 Agencies: School Reports, Campaign, 24 February 2006
- ^ Future Imperfect, www.guardian.co.uk, 30 September 2006
- ^ Online: Online's Finest, Brand Republic, 23 September 2005
- ^ Me And My Partner: Eamonn Wilmott And Andy Hobsbawm, www.independent.co.uk, 25 August 1999
- ^ Winners of 1997 Bima awards announced, The Independent, 17 June 1997
- ^ The British Election Online: Parties Seek Techno-Savvy Vote, The New York Times, 25 March 1997
- ^ Financial Times article
- ^ Phone a foreigner, www.guardian.co.uk 10 December 2003
- ^ Green Thing
- ^ The Wired 100, Wired.co.uk, 1 April 2010
- ^ AICA Prize of environmental communication 2010