Tamedia expands advisory board for digital development

Until 2010, Emily Bell was editor-in-chief of the website of the British newspaper The Guardian and was responsible for the digital content of Guardian News and Media. Under her leadership, the Guardian set new journalistic standards with live blogging, multimedia formats and the use of social media. In 2013, she joined the Board of Trustees of the Scott Trust, which owns the Guardian Media Group.

Tamedia's Advisory Board for Digital Development was set up in October 2013. Its purpose is to identify new digital business areas at an early stage and to provide an external perspective on new investment opportunities and strategic collaborations, according to a press release issued by the media company on Friday.

The other members of the Advisory Board are Markus Gross, Professor of Digital Media Technology at ETH Zurich and Director of Disney Research Zurich, Mathias Müller von Blumencron, Editor-in-Chief Digital Media Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and former Co-Editor-in-Chief Der Spiegel, Sverre Munck, former Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board and Head of Strategy and International Media at the Norwegian Schibsted Media Group and Thomas Sterchi, founder of Jobs.ch, which is now owned by Tamedia and Ringier, among others.

Tamedia's Advisory Board for Digital Development works closely with the Business Development Committee and meets three times a year under the chairmanship of Pietro Supino, publisher and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tamedia.