Chris Andrews (August 13, 1956 - June 13, 2012) was an entrepreneur who worked with digital media, electronic publishing, and the Internet. He was the first CD-ROM producer, launched the first CD-Recordable system which began the "user generated content" revolution. He developed technologies in other areas including live
webcast
A webcast is a media presentation distributed over the Internet using streaming media technology to distribute a single content source to many simultaneous listeners/viewers. A webcast may either be distributed live or on demand. Essentially, webca ...
ing, use of audio and video on the internet, and intellectual property.
Andrews was the author of "The Education of a CD-ROM Publisher - An Insiders History of Electronic Publishing."
Books The Education of a CD-ROM Publisher
Andrews' story was featured in a profile on CBS' ''60 Minutes
''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who distinguished it from other news programs by using a unique style o ...
''. In 2001, he began to pursue the restitution of a building in Vienna, Austria
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...
that was taken from his family by the Nazis in World War II. This became a life-changing experience for him, making him an activist in particular in World War II restitution.
Chris also worked at Hewlett-Packard
The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard ( ) or HP, was an American multinational information technology company. It was founded by Bill Hewlett and David Packard in 1939 in a one-car garage in Palo Alto, California ...
, NewsBank, Meridian Data
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, and the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. (NARAS), doing business as The Recording Academy, is an American learned academy of musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other musical professionals. It is widely known for its Gram ...
. He launched several companies including the webcast software company Livecast, the multimedia publishing company UniDisc, and VentureMakers LLC - an intellectual property development company.
References
Resources
E-commerce patent which Chris Andrews authored
Article in CMP publications naming Chris Andrews as a Digital Media Pioneer
Articles from Grammy Program Book about Chris Andrews work as Executive Producer of the Grammy Webcast
Articles about Chris Andrews and World War II restitution
Buried In The Past, Brothers Discover Long-Lost Family In Austria
Spectrum
English Translation of ''Chris, du gehst zu weit''
A STEP AHEAD OF HIS TIME
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20080309014723/http://webs.bcp.org/sites/vcleary/World%20History/Calendars/WWIandII/recent%20article%20on%20holocast%20heirs.htm Trying to reclaim a former life
Palo Alto natives unearth their true heritage
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1956 births
2012 deaths
People in information technology
University of Utah alumni
People from Morristown, Vermont
People from Los Altos, California