Director, Future Media & Technology at Bonnier
Stockholm Area, Sweden
- Current
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- Director, Future Media & Technology at Bonnier
- Chairman at Good Old
- CEO and Owner at Björn Jeffery AB
- Owner and Founder at Good Old
- Owner and Founder at Discobelle.net
- Past
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- CEO at Good Old
- Owner and Founder at Manolo AB
- Owner and Founder at Fuchikoma
- Founder at Jeffery och Edling
- Journalist at Sydsvenskan
- Web Editor at SVT (Swedish National Television)
- Journalist and Web editor at Göteborgs-Posten
- Education
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- Lunds universitet
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Björn Jeffery’s Summary
I specialise in internet strategy for news media and information intensive companies.
Björn Jeffery’s Specialties:
Strategy, concepts, ideas and trends within digital media.
Björn Jeffery’s Experience
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Director, Future Media & Technology
Bonnier
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
October 2009 — Present (2 months)
Globally responsible for research, market analysis and strategic advising regarding the intersection of media and technology.
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Chairman
Good Old
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
October 2009 — Present (2 months)
A digital strategy agency with offices in Stockholm and Malmö.
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CEO and Owner
Björn Jeffery AB
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Online Media industry)
May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)
My own company that I run side projects in.
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Owner and Founder
Good Old
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
May 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
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Owner and Founder
Discobelle.net
(Broadcast Media industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)
Discobelle.net is one of the worlds most influential music blogs. Regularly referred to in mainstream media such as Pitchfork, Village Voice and even Rolling Stone Magazine, the blog has taken the position as a trustworthy source for new releases and remixes within club music.
I'm co-founded the blog and am responsible for marketing, PR and business development. -
CEO
Good Old
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
August 2007 — September 2009 (2 years 2 months)
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Owner and Founder
Manolo AB
(Online Media industry)
December 2004 — February 2008 (3 years 3 months)
Manolo.se was a male fashion blog started by Tomas de Souza and myself. It was the first blog to be acquired in Europe (early 2005) when we solf 50,1% of the shares to Bonnier owned newspaper Sydsvenskan. A few years later, both parties sold their shares to the Danish publishing company Egmont Tidskrifter.
The blog has won many awards during the years, "Best Male Fashion Blog" in Veckorevyn.com´s 2008 Blog Awards, to name just one.
In February 2009 I left the company completely, in order to focus on current and upcoming projects. -
Owner and Founder
Fuchikoma
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
January 1998 — December 2006 (9 years )
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Founder
Jeffery och Edling
(Online Media industry)
February 2005 — April 2006 (1 year 3 months)
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Journalist
Sydsvenskan
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)
July 2003 — February 2005 (1 year 8 months)
Journalist and developer at Sydsvenskans online edition
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Web Editor
SVT (Swedish National Television)
(Public Company; Online Media industry)
January 2003 — May 2003 (5 months)
Worked as a Web Editor for a television programme with online community aimed at teenagers.
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Journalist and Web editor
Göteborgs-Posten
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)
February 1997 — May 2000 (3 years 4 months)
Worked as as a web editor for the youth sections of Göteborgs-Posten (The Gothenburg Post). After that work at the online edition as a journalist.
Björn Jeffery’s Education
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Lunds universitet
Courses in Behavior sciences, Political science and TV Media 2001 — 2003
Additional Information
Björn Jeffery’s Interests:
internet, origami, music, dj-ing, blogging
Björn Jeffery’s Groups:
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24 Hour Business Camp -
Moving Media Southern Sweden
Björn Jeffery’s Honors:
* Chosen as one of "seven people we will hear a lot about" by the Swedish media trade magazine Medievärlden in 2009.
* Regular appearance on Swedish National Radio as an internet expert
* Frequent public speaker in Sweden regarding internet trends
* Invited to lecture at a conference at Stanford University in May 2007.
* Guest teacher at Lunds University in online journalism
* Guest lecturer at Gothenburg University in online journalism
* Chosen as one of the ten most promising young people in media by the Swedish magazine Resumé in 2006.
Björn Jeffery’s Contact Settings
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