A two-way interview between news and tech industry veterans: Jesper Doub, ex-Director of International News Partnerships at FB/Meta, and Madhav Chinnappa, ex-Director of News Ecosystem Development at ...
Jesper Doub
Jesper Doub was the Director of International News Partnerships at Meta until September 2023.
Prior to joining Facebook, Jesper served as CEO, SPIEGEL ONLINE and SPIEGEL TV, as well as publishing director of SPIEGEL-Verlag, where he oversaw the introduction of paid content offering SPIEGEL plus, while growing SPIEGEL ONLINE to its largest ever audience and revenue. Before joining SPIEGEL, he was CIO of the media group M. DuMont Schauberg and Managing Director of DuMont Systems, and has also held senior positions at the Bauer Media Group, and Axel Springer Verlag. Jesper studied industrial engineering at the Hamburg University of Technology.
Events IJF 2024
Hear about the latest investments from Meta to support the news industry, and what the company is building for the near future. Sponsored by Meta.
Jesper Doub will discuss what Facebook has been working on over the past year to support the news industry in Europe, and what new Facebook will focus on in 2020. Event sponsored by Facebook.
Facebook and Twitter are being blamed for almost every ill of society. Have the tech companies screwed up? Sure. But are journalists justified leaving social platforms and turning their backs on the c...
