Matthias Bannert
Ahoy! I'm a trained journalist and media entrepreneur — raised on the Baltic coast, equally at home in Berlin. Building companies is my calling, media is my focus.
Profile
Many pursuits, one compass.
I learned my craft after early work in local and science journalism at the Axel Springer Academy — and then focused on digital journalism: as an editor at Bild in Berlin and Los Angeles, as founding editor-in-chief of Samsung's news aggregator upday and as editorial lead of Celepedia.
Entrepreneurship grew out of journalism: media of my own such as Medieninsider and MOViNC, the agency MOVACT, the game IN*TEAM and the non-profit WahlSwiper. I also pass on this knowledge from newsroom and founder life as a business and communications advisor.
Shipping Company
Ventures.
I build and run media and digital companies — at present above all Medieninsider and MOVACT.
- №01MedieninsiderTrade magazine for the media industry
- №02MOVACTAgency for video production and broadcasting
- №03WahlSwiperNon-profit voting advice app by VoteSwiper e. V.
Logbook
Important harbours.
- SINCE 2020
Medieninsider
Co-founder and managing director of Medieninsider, the digital trade magazine for the media industry.
- SINCE 2017
MOVACT
Shareholder at MOVACT, agency for video production and livestreaming. Took over as managing director in December 2024.
- 2019–2020
AOK Contentroom
Freelance advisor for content strategy and social media during the launch of the AOK Contentroom.
- 2016–2019
b00st.me
Co-founder and CEO of the influencer marketing agency b00st.me.
- 2016–2018
Publiplikator
Director of Digital Strategy at the content marketing agency Publiplikator.
- 2016
Celepedia
Editorial lead of the teen magazine Celepedia by Axel Springer.
- 2015
upday
Founding editor-in-chief of the news aggregator upday by Samsung and Axel Springer.
- 2010–2015
BILD
Freelancer, then editor in Berlin and Los Angeles at BILD — focus on editorial product development and audience development.
- 2012–2013
Axel Springer Academy
Trained in digital journalism at the Axel Springer Academy.
- 2010–2014
Rostocker Journal
Founder of the online local newspaper Rostocker Journal.
- 2007–2010
NNN & SVZ
Freelancer at Norddeutsche Neueste Nachrichten and Schweriner Volkszeitung, then part of sh:z Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag.
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Volunteering.
For me, civic engagement isn't a side note — it's a fixed part of my work.
CHAIR OF THE BOARD
VoteSwiper e. V.
The voting advice project WahlSwiper has been transferred into the non-profit association VoteSwiper e. V., whose chair of the board I am. We help voters compare their political positions with those of the parties — accessible, independent and ad-free.
voteswiper.org"If you think the way you have always thought, you will act the way you have always acted. If you act the way you have always acted, you will get what you have always gotten."
— Albert Einstein
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HOROS Management GmbH
c/o The Delta Campus
Donaustraße 44
12043 Berlin, Germany
Email: mail [at] matthias-bannert [dot] eu
Phone: +49-30-403666941
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