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At some point or another in our lives, we will eventually leave the workforce and settle into retirement, hopefully, anyway. While this comes at a …
At some point or another in our lives, we will eventually leave the workforce and settle into retirement, hopefully, anyway. While this comes at a …
At some point or another in our lives, we will eventually leave the workforce and settle into retirement, hopefully, anyway. While this comes at a …
At some point or another in our lives, we will eventually leave the workforce and settle into retirement, hopefully, anyway. While this comes at a …
At some point or another in our lives, we will eventually leave the workforce and settle into retirement, hopefully, anyway. While this comes at a …
At some point or another in our lives, we will eventually leave the workforce and settle into retirement, hopefully, anyway. While this comes at a …
At some point or another in our lives, we will eventually leave the workforce and settle into retirement, hopefully, anyway. While this comes at a …
Austin, TX, September 22, 2021 –Nextscreen, LLC, publishers of The Absolute Sound magazine, today announced that Jim Hannon, publisher, will retire on October 1, 2021. “Jim has been a valued member of the executive team for many years and has played a critical role in the success of The Absolute Sound. With Jim’s leadership, we have launched many innovative initiatives, including expanding the number of issues published, building our web and social media presence, and publishing The Absolute Sound’s Illustrated History of High-End Audio, volumes 1 and 2” said Tom Martin, CEO of Nextscreen.
Hannon joined The Absolute Sound in 2004, moving into the publisher’s role in 2008. In addition to his publishing duties, Jim has written many reviews for the magazine, reflective of his love of music and audio. He is an accomplished classical pianist and singer, and his experience with live music informed his evaluation of audio products, a role that will continue after his retirement from the publisher role.
Hannon said, “I would like to thank Tom Martin for giving me this extraordinary opportunity at The Absolute Sound (TAS). Working with the first-class editorial team at TAS, especially Robert Harley and Jonathan Valin, as well as many of the industry’s leading manufacturers, distributors, and dealers has been a highlight of my professional career. I appreciate their support and, in many cases, their friendships. Additionally, I would also like to thank the marketing and sales, circulation, and design teams, as well as our production partners, for their superlative efforts on behalf of TAS. I shall miss working with them.”
Martin added that “Jim, like many of us, has experienced the challenges of aging, and we understand that there comes a time when attending to one’s family is of paramount importance. Still, we will miss having Jim as publisher. We’re happy to have had a publisher who has become a good friend to our staff and to many key members of the audio community. Please join us in congratulating Jim on a great career in the industry.”
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After 35 years in the CE industry its finally time to hang up the sales moniker and spend my time traveling, surfing, skiing, and just being “pops”. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long. I joined Audio Magazine as a Junior sales person in the 80’s right before CES. After a few late nights at the Ballys Bar listening to Ron Fone holding court and looking doe eyed at Lucette Nicoll I knew what industry my career would be in.
My first sale was to Wendell Diller at Magnepan whom I still call on. I cannot thank enough the manufacturers who took me under their wing and taught me so much about music and sound reproduction. I think my favorite part was being able to meet the founder/owner and chief bottlewasher of each company and hearing their stories. I love to talk about my first meeting with my good friend Gayle Sanders founder of Martin Logan and Eikon Loudspeakers in Lawrence Ks. He was so worried I was a slick NY salesperson that was going to take all his money that he refused to come out and meet with me and had is assistant take the call. Needless to say, a few years later we were skiing in France and sailing in the Caribbean together.
I was very lucky to have worked with great editors who each held their magazine to high standards and believe it or not never once broke the ad/edit rule…
I would like to thank all of you who have supported me and the brands I represented. I never took that responsibility lightly. I had planned to say goodbye in person at one of the shows but many a plan were changed this past year.
Thanks to all of you who made my career so enjoyable……..Scotty
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