Website Director at Shalom Hartman Institute
Israel
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- Website Director at Shalom Hartman Institute
- Past
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- Editor/Publisher at TVMama.com
- Israel Columnist at Equities Magazine
- President/CEO at Abbey Content Enterprises Inc.
- Managing Director, English Edition at Yedioth Internet
- Senior Feature Writer at The Jerusalem Post
- Vice President, Electronic Publishing at The Jerusalem Post
- Executive Business Editor at Times Union
- Reporter at States News Service
- Education
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- University of Oregon
- State University of New York at Albany
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Alan Abbey’s Summary
Website manager for Shalom Hartman Institute, a progressive Jewish educational institute and think tank with programs in Israel and North America for educators, university students, community leaders, rabbis and non-Jewish clerics and scholars.
Our new website, hartman.org.il, is spreading the creative and pluralistic philosophy of Hartman Institute worldwide. We are planning a Hebrew site, social networking/community efforts and other projects. Watch our video lectures, as well.
Previously, I developed an innovative website for the Jewish community worldwide, In My Heart, which will blend user-generated content and professional journalism. Our subject is memorializing Jews who have died. Our website will permit individuals worldwide to honor their family members and friends, and to permanently memorialize them online. The new company is in pre-seed stage, and we are currently exploring strategic and financial partnerships with angel investors, media companies and Jewish organizations.
Internet News and Business Manager: Responsibility for developing English division of Yedioth Ahronoth (Israel's largest newspaper). Responsibility for: website news and advertising, ecommerce, syndication, archives. Developed paid services online, Palm edition, E-mail, SMS, audio content, partnerships.
Previously, I directedJPost.com, one of the world's leading newspaper websites, and steered the site into new and profitable areas of editorial and advertising services.
Developed and responsible for editorial, business, marketing and promotional functions of Internet industry website. Created monthly speaker series, spoke at conferences.
Speaker, Lecturer and Consultant: “Ilan Ramon: An Israeli Journey to Jewishness” (based on 2003 book), “As I See It: An American-Israeli Reports on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict."
Alan Abbey’s Specialties:
Online and deadline-sensitive content creation, development and management.
Story, presentation and feature development.
Editorial management and leadership.
Business development and partnership building with market smarts and journalistic integrity.
Internet news management and editing. Newspaper Internet business development.
Alan Abbey’s Experience
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Website Director
Shalom Hartman Institute
(E-Learning industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
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Editor/Publisher
TVMama.com
(Internet industry)
June 2007 — June 2008 (1 year 1 month)
TVMama.com is our new, fast-growing website about developments in the world of Internet-TV convergence - from AppleTV to USBTV to software devices and more. We provide news, reviews, commentary and advice for consumers and industry professionals navigating the complex world of PC-TV connection devices and web video content.
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Israel Columnist
Equities Magazine
(Writing and Editing industry)
May 2007 — April 2008 (1 year )
Equities Magazine is a well-respected and longstanding magazine providing investment advice for sophisticated investors. I have begun writing a column on Israeli equities for each issue. We look at interesting Israeli companies from an investment point of view.
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President/CEO
Abbey Content Enterprises Inc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ANL.L; Banking industry)
November 2005 — January 2008 (2 years 3 months)
Abbey Content Enterprises is an international content creation, development and services company for enterprises that need journalistic-quality, deadline-sensitive content on a regular basis, whether it is hourly, daily, weekly.
Choose us if you need professional content backed by our journalistic credibility and tailored for your organization's needs. We will run the newsroom you do not have the time or ability to use, so you can focus on your core capabilities. -
Managing Director, English Edition
Yedioth Internet
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)
May 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 7 months)
As Managing Director of Ynetnews, I created and developed what has become the fast-growing English-language website based in Israel. Ynetnews.com provides a fair and balanced look at Israel, Middle East and worldwide Jewish news, unlike the other sites out there. Traffic has risen rapidly to more than 50,000 unique users a day, making it a credible challenger to other sites. Advertising slots are sold out every month, and rates are going up. It is the hot site from Israel. I created the site for Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel's largest media company.
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Senior Feature Writer
The Jerusalem Post
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
November 2003 — May 2004 (7 months)
Responsible for producing magazine-length, in-depth feature articles on news and cultural topics for Jerusalem Post, well-respected daily newspaper based in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Vice President, Electronic Publishing
The Jerusalem Post
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
March 2002 — November 2003 (1 year 9 months)
Responsibility for running $1 million division of Jerusalem Post. Responsibility for all non-print activities: website news and advertising, e-commerce, electronic syndication, archives.
Initiatives: Paid services online, Palm edition, E-mail, SMS, audio content. E-commerce partnerships, redesign of site, creation of registration system that has drawn more than 300,000 members, revamping of coverage to virtual 24/7 operations, daily SMS, email news bulletins. -
Executive Business Editor
Times Union
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)
July 1990 — July 1999 (9 years 1 month)
Executive Business Editor - and prior to that Business Writer - at daily newspaper with 100,000 weekday/150,000 Sunday circulation in state capital region
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Reporter
States News Service
(Online Media industry)
1982 — 1983 (1 year )
Alan Abbey’s Education
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University of Oregon
MS , Journalism , September 1975 — May 1977
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State University of New York at Albany
BA , Political Science , 1971 — 1975
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