Andy Hobsbawm

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Andy Hobsbawm established the first international Internet agency in 1994 and was a founding director of leading British new media company Online Magic which merged with Agency.com in 1997. He is currently European Chairman of Agency.com and co-founder of Green Thing. He is the son of noted British historian Eric J. Hobsbawm.

Contents 1 Career highlights 2 Accolades 3 Partial publication list 4 External links

[edit] Career highlights

• Created the world's first commercial eZine, PowerPC News, with Internet Publishing (1993)
• Co-founded Online Magic with Eamonn Wilmott, the first international online agency (1995)
• Online Magic broke new ground with interactive UK election coverage in 1997. 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
• 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)
• Currently writing “Small is the Next Big Thing – the Size and Shape of Commerce and Culture”
• Launched environmental community Green Thing in October 2007

[edit] Accolades

• 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] External links

• TED Talks: Andy Hobsbawm says: Do the green thing at TED in 2008