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] and non-executive director. Previously he was European MD then Chairman of Agency.com until 2009[6]. He is the son of noted British historian Eric J. Hobsbawm.[7]
Career highlights
- Created the world's first commercial eZine, PowerPC News, with Internet Publishing (1993)[8]
- Co-founded Online Magic with Eamonn Wilmott, the first international online agency (1995)[9]
- Online Magic broke new ground with an award-winning[10]interactive UK election coverage in 1997[11]. 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 weekend magazine[12]
- 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)[13]
- Currently writing “Small is the Next Big Thing – the Size and Shape of Commerce and Culture”[14]
- 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.[16]
- Co-founded 'Internet of Things' software company Evrythng in November 2009[17]
Recognition
- In 2010 Andy was named in Wired magazine’s list of the UK’s "Top 100 Digital Power Brokers"[18]
- 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"[19]
- 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[20] and also received a Special Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005[21]
- Voted New Media Innovator of the Year and named by industry peers as one of the most admired digital pioneers in Campaign Magazine[22]
- Featured as one of the Top 50 Internet Professionals in the UK for Internet Business Magazine[23]
- 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
- ^ TED Speaker biography
- ^ Me And My Partner: Eamonn Wilmott And Andy Hobsbawm, www.independent.co.uk, 25 August 1999
- ^ Elevator Pitch: Green Thing wants to change the world with creativity and inspiration, www.guardian.co.uk, 29 July 2009
- ^ Evrythng
- ^ trendwatching.com
- ^ Top 300 Agencies: School Reports, Campaign, 24 February 2006
- ^ A sense of history, www.Haaretz.com, 10 June 2010
- ^ 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
- ^ Industry Pioneer Launches Online Manifesto to Promote New Book, tv.sys-con.com, 16 April 2007
- ^ Green Thing
- ^ The Economist – Brands and Branding exclusive.xp4g.com 16 June 2010
- ^ About Evrythng
- ^ The Wired 100, Wired.co.uk, 1 April 2010
- ^ AICA Prize of environmental communication 2010
- ^ An Internet Decadewww.econsultancy.com
- ^ Andy Hobsbawm wins the Special Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Imperatives, www.econsultancy.com, 1 April 2005
- ^ Campaign Magazine
- ^ Internet Marketing News Archive, 08 May 2006