TNW (website) explained

TNW
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Commercial:Yes
Type:Technology news
Language:English
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Owner:Financial Times
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Launch Date:[1]
Current Status:Active
Location:Amsterdam, Netherlands
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TNW (The Next Web) is a website and annual series of conferences focused on new technology and start-up companies in Europe.[2] [3] [4] The Next Web company was established in 2006 by co-founders Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten and Patrick de Laive in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and a technology news website of the same name was started in 2009.[2] [5] TNW's reporting has been sourced by Wired, Mashable, and the Huffington Post, among others.[6] [7] [8] [9]

On 5 March 2019, the Financial Times purchased a majority stake in TNW.[4] On September 6, 2021, former CEO, Boris stepped down and handed the position to Myrthe van de Erve who was the former COO.

According to de Laive, it took one year for thenextweb.com to reach 100,000 monthly visitors, and at June 2016 it was getting 8 million to 10 million monthly visitors.[2]

Conferences

TNW Conference
Status:Active
Genre:Technology and Business
Location:Amsterdam
Country:Netherlands
First:2006
Founders:Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Patrick de Laive
Attendance:17,500 (2019)

Speakers at TNW Conferences have included Gary Vaynerchuk, Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, and Robert Cailliau.[10] [11]

In 2017, The Next Web's Amsterdam conference came under fire for making misleading statements, and having a lack of transparency about paying presenters for speaking appearances, and for having a gender gap in the number of its male and female presenters, and a gender pay gap in their compensation.[11]

In 2020 the event was fully online and for their 2021 event they held a hybrid and smaller event because of COVID-19 restrictions in the Netherlands.

See also

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: thenextweb.com – WHOIS, DNS, & domain info – DomainTools. whois.DomainTools.com. WHOIS. 14 October 2020.
  2. Web site: Staying on top of Generation-T: The Next Web co-founder Patrick de Laive. Thomas. Aby Sam. 12 June 2016. www.Entrepreneur.com. Entrepreneur. 20 November 2018.
  3. Web site: The Financial Times buys The Next Web to beef up live events business. Davies. Jessica. 5 March 2019. Digiday. 2 June 2019.
  4. Web site: Gross. Anna. 5 March 2019. FT acquires majority stake in The Next Web. subscription. www.FT.com. Financial Times. 2 June 2019.
  5. Web site: Top 6 takeaways from The Next Web. OpenCampus.NewSchool.edu. The New School – Open Campus. 20 November 2018.
  6. Web site: Here's why your Instagram and Facebook feeds are looking bare this morning. Thompson. Rachel. 26 January 2018. Mashable.com. Mashable. 20 November 2018.
  7. Security news this week. 17 November 2018. Wired. Wired. 20 November 2018.
  8. Web site: Silicon Valley Ryan Gosling: 'Hey Girl' meme goes tech. Emerson. Ramona. 4 January 2012. www.HuffingtonPost.com. Huffington Post. 20 November 2018.
  9. Web site: Google's new podcast app for Android comes built into Search and Assistant. 24 April 2018. Firstpost. 20 November 2018.
  10. Web site: HRH Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands. www.CES.tech. Consumer Electronics Show. 20 November 2018.
  11. Web site: Ehrenkranz. Melanie. 15 March 2017. The 'Next Web' tech conference is under fire for stiffing speakers. www.Mic.com. Mic. 14 October 2020.