Joakim Baage

Current

Vice President, Content at Digital Media Wire

Past

Director, Content and Business Development at Digital Media Wire
Programming at GSN
Contributor, Hype! at Bonnier Publications

Teaching Fellow at NYU Stern School of Business
Senior Producers' Intern at ABC News
Assignment Editor/Reporter at TV4
Reporter, Dagens Industri at Bonnier Publications
Reporter, Financial Markets at Reuters
Reporter at Värnpliktsnytt

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Education

New York University
Göteborgs universitet
Sigtuna Skolan Humanistiska Läroverket (SSHL)

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Industry

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Websites

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Joakim Baage’s Summary

Joakim "Jay" Baage has been working in media ever since he, at the age of 19, completed a year of military service as a writer for the Swedish Armed Forces newspaper Värnpliktsnytt.

He has since dropped camouflage in favor of business attire and now has over a decade of experience from a wide range of international media companies.

In the last few years, Jay has focused on the transition from an analog to a digital world and how to build successful media and entertainment properties accordingly.

Jay currently oversees content, operations and ad sales for all Digital Media Wire. He furthermore manages marketing initiatives and strategic partnerships across the board for the company.

Together with Ned Sherman, CEO and Publisher of DMW, Jay heads up a series of of youth-focused entertainment and marketing conferences called The Millennials. In addition, he is Event Director for the NY Games Conference at DigitalLife, Ziff Davis Media’s leading lifestyle technology show.

Jay is also a frequent speaker at international media industry events such as the LA Film Festival and Canadian Music Week.

He has a Masters Degree in Media, Entertainment & Technology Management from New York University and a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Goteborg University in Sweden.

Jay is a recipient of the Wallenberg Scholarship 2004 and 2006, The Sweden-America Foundation Fellowship 2005 as well as awarded scholarships for being “A Promising New Media Manager” by Swedish Newspaper Publishers’ Association 2005 and 2001.

He has a keen personal interest in digital media, art, music and pop-culture. On his desk, you will find an iPod, the latest issue of US Weekly and a pair of Cutler and Gross shades.

Jay claims to listen to "all kinds of music," but is happy to give you an ear full about hipster bands from his native Scandinavia like "Peter, Bjorn & John."

Joakim Baage’s Specialties:

Web Publishing, Online Video, Ad Sales and Monetization, Building Digital Media and Entertainment Properties and staying relevant to Millennials and Pop-Culture.

Joakim Baage’s Experience

Vice President, Content

Digital Media Wire

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

July 2007 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Director, Content and Business Development

Digital Media Wire

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

July 2006 — June 2007 (1 year)
Programming

GSN

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)

July 2006 — August 2006 (2 months)

Summer internship - part of the Hollywood Mentorship program. Reported to VP, Original Programming, VP, Scheduling & Acquisitions and Director of Development
Contributor, Hype!

Bonnier Publications

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

December 2004 — May 2006 (1 year 6 months)

One of four contributors to the online corporate trend letter Hype! which is distributed to Bonnier Group executives in 20 countries
Teaching Fellow

NYU Stern School of Business

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

January 2005 — May 2006 (1 year 5 months)

Assisted Al Lieberman, Executive Director of the MBA Entertainment, Media & Technology Program, in teaching two years of international media and economics classes (ISP)
Senior Producers' Intern

ABC News

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DIS; Broadcast Media industry)

September 2005 — December 2005 (4 months)

Intern at the central news desk for Good Morning America - part of the NYU Film and Television Program.
Assignment Editor/Reporter

TV4

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

May 2002 — August 2004 (2 years 4 months)

Reporter and Assignment Editor (and yes, Anchor during two summers) at Ekonominyheterna, a daily business news show produced by Dagens Industri and aired on TV4, Scandinavia's largest commercial TV broadcast network.
Reporter, Dagens Industri

Bonnier Publications

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

June 2000 — April 2002 (1 year 11 months)

Staff reporter for Northern Europe's largest business newspaper, specializing in covering the IT and Telecom sectors
Reporter, Financial Markets

Reuters

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RTR.L; Financial Services industry)

June 1998 — September 1998 (4 months)
Reporter

Värnpliktsnytt

(Media Production industry)

1996 — 1997 (1 year)

Joakim Baage’s Education

New York University

MA, Media, Entertainment and Technology, 2004 — 2006
Göteborgs universitet

BS, Business Administration, 1997 — 2000

Marketing and International Economics
Sigtuna Skolan Humanistiska Läroverket (SSHL)

International Baccalaureate (IB), Bilingual Diploma, English/Swedish, 1993 — 1996