Andy Plesser

About

Andy in 2006 founded Beet.TV as a video publishing platform to provide media professionals with key industry insights & to bring them together at in-person events. Beet.TV has been a culmination of Andy’s experiences as a filmmaker, concert promoter, television producer & PR executive. Andy got his start in filmmaking as a high school student. As an undergraduate at Antioch College, he focused on the emerging art form of video. After moving to San Francisco in 1974, Andy taught video arts at Antioch College/West. He also pursued his interest in music promotion, becoming the publicist for the jazz club The Keystone Korner and the SF correspondent for the iconic jazz magazine Downbeat. Moving to NY in 1976, Andy produced weekly concerts in SoHo. When legendary theater producer Joseph Papp visited Andy’s concerts, he invited him to present jazz programming at the NY Shakespeare Festival’s Public Theater. For the next 3 years, Andy presented nearly 100 concerts with Betty Carter, Cecil Taylor, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, & many others. He soon joined a small PR firm in NY, & 3 years later he became a press officer in the NY office of Mondale’s 1984 presidential campaign. After the election, Andy joined the powerhouse firm Howard J. Rubenstein Associates. There he worked with a variety of clients in technology, legal services, beauty & media. He rose to become a senior vice president, representing the National Law Journal & all Hachette magazines. In 2005 Andy rediscovered his affinity for the camera when he produces a series of 5-minute video interviews with Dartmouth College faculty members. In 2006, Andy launched a media-focused video blog called Beet.TV. Since then, Beet.TV has published more than 8,000 videos. Its videos are distributed on the Beet.TV websites, via Reuters Insider & on YouTube, Twitter & LinkedIn. Beet.TV has established itself as a conference business focused on custom events and high-level executive retreats. It has created dozens of events in NY, San Francisco, Miami, London, Las Vegas, Cannes, Washington & San Juan, PR. A part-time resident of Vieques, PR, he was involved with medical relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. His early reporting of the disaster in the Huffington Post brought global media attention to the island in need of essential services. Andy serves as chairman of the media committee of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico. Full bio here: https://www.beet.tv/about-andy-plesser