Press

Press

In a nutshell
Latest Press Featurings
Fair Observer experts at your disposal
Recent Fair Observer expert appearances
Contact information for press inquiries

In a nutshell Fair Observer is a media platform providing quality analysis of global issues for educated professionals. The analysis is accompanied by context and has a plurality of perspectives from around the world. Fair Observer has more than 300 contributors originating from over 30 countries and eminent advisers from across the world such as John Bruton, the former Irish Prime Minister, and Olivier Fleurot, the former CEO of the Financial Times Group.

Latest Press Featurings

10/15/2012 The United Nations debating the death of newspapers and future of publishing 
09/24/2012 The United Nations on the future of newspapers, highlighting Fair Observer as a model
08/27/2012 Leading Chinese tech-site Techweb on Fair Observer as new alternative in the global media market
08/13/2012 Gruenderszene comparing leading accelerator programs and their star startups
08/08/2012 Gruenderszene on the new application round for the GSVA, interviewing Fabian & Christian
08/07/2012 The Economist looks inside the startup life of Fair Observer
08/02/2012 Forbes on audacious startups by South Asian entrepreneurs
07/20/2012 IndiaWest covers the global media startup
07/16/2012 Heute.de & Hyperland compares the German and American startup scene relying on the experiences of the GSVA and Fair Observer
07/13/2012 San Francisco Business Times dig deep on Atul & the team's endeavour to disrupt the media world
07/03/2012 Forum Magazine, the voice for social business in German-speaking countries, introduces a new social entrepreneurship series, with Fair Observer as cover story (print)
06/03/2012 El Mundo from Spain on its search for the next Mark Zuckerberg. Nice featuring of Atul and his co-founders at Fair Observer
04/13/2012 Bitkom, the voice of the German telecommunications industry, features our co-founder Christian R. Becker
05/31/2012 The Bulletin of the Willy Brandt School for Public Policy features Fabian's presentation
04/15/2012 The new star at the magazine horizon, SisterMag, features Fabian & the Fair Observer story
04/01/2012 Podcast interview with Fabian at Gruenderleben
04/01/2012 The international journalists' network features Fair Observer
03/30/2012 Financial Times Germany covers the second launch event of the German Silicon Valley Accelerator in Berlin
03/24/2012 GreatEuropeanEntrepreneurs features Fabian as a rolemodel for aspiring entrepreneurs
03/15/2012 starting-up magazine brings a huge story on Fabian & Atul in their print edition
03/14/2012 Gruenderszene asks Fabian Neuen to compare his Silicon Valley experience with German entrepreneurship scene
02/08/2012 German radio station Deutschlandfunk interviews our founders Fabian Neuen and Christian R. Becker on their first Valley impressions
02/06/2012 Wirtschaftswoche covers the launch of the German Silicon Valley Accelerator, of which we are the first company to come to the Valley (print)
01/26/2012 One of India's largest newspaper, Dainik Jagran, features Atul on Republic Day (print)
01/24/2012 Wharton covers some of its alumni entrepreneurs in its magazine, incl. Atul
01/13/2012 Austrian magazine CorporAID asks our COO, Fabian, for a guestblog
01/12/2012 Microsoft advertises us on Gruenderszene. Thank you!
12/20/2011 Voted as one of the 10 most interesting startup ideas of 2011 by Gruenderszene
12/19/2011 Featuring on Fair Observer and Fabian in WHU's alumni magazine
12/12/2011 Prof Weidenfeld invites Fabian for a speech at the famous CAP Institute
12/06/2011 The Eagle covers our editor-in-chief
12/03/2011 Radio interview of Atul at KDVS
11/29/2011 Speech of Atul at American University , also as a podcast
11/12/2011 Interesting featuring by Deccan Chronicle
11/07/2011 Leading German weekly business magazine "Wirtschaftswoche" presents Fair Observer as one of the most promising startups out there
10/22/2011 "Sueddeutsche Zeitung" covers the LMU Unternehmertag. And neither Beckenbauer, Hopp or Henzler make it to the first paragraph, but Fabian
10/22/2011 "Worldcrunch" and Fair Observer announce their content partnership
10/20/2011 Fair Observer meetup with Herbert Henzler of McKinsey, Dietmar Hopp of SAP and Franz Beckenbauer
07/07/2011 Fabian Neuen is interviewed by Christina Kugler for "Substanz FM"s weekly radio show 'Wortwechsel'
05/07/2011 "EU-startups.com" reports on the launch of Fair Observer
04/07/2011 Fair Observer covered by "Die Tageszeitung / taz". taz-style...
04/07/2011 Fair Observer covered by "Donaukurier"
01/07/2011 Fabian Neuen is being interviewed on the radio station “Deutschlandradio Kultur
30/06/2011 "Sueddeutsche Zeitung" features the launch Fair Observer
30/06/2011 Fair Observer featured in Robert Jacobi's blog, Socially Mobile
11/05/2011 Fair Observer introduced by Bayerisches Fernsehen in its prime time news show, "Abendschau"

Fair Observer experts at your disposal

Fair Observer experts are available for interviews. See below a list of Fair Observers and their expertise.

Atul Singh (USA)

• World Economy & International Business

• Global Geopolitics

• U.S., European & Indian Politics and Foreign Policy

• News & Digital Media

• Entrepreneurship & Leadership

Fabian Neuen (Germany)

• Entrepreneurship & Leadership

• European Politics and Culture

• Business Ethics

Gunnar Beck (UK)

· European Economy, Politics and Culture with a particular specialization in UK and Germany

· European Constitutional Law

· Political Philosophy and History

Christian R. Becker (Germany)

· Medicine and Health

Abul–Hasanat Siddique(UK)

· Middle East Politics, History and Culture

Ivo Oliveira (Germany)

· Philosophy, History and Culture

· European Politics and Culture

Mayank Narayan Singh (India)

· Indian Politics, History and Culture

Felipe Machado (Brazil)

· Brazilian Politics, History and Culture

Dylan Herrera (Colombia)

· Latin American & European Politics, History and Culture

Andrew Pollen (Spain)

· World Economics with a particular specialization in Spain and other Southern European economies

· International Business

Zach Paikin (Canada)

· Canadian Politics, History and Culture

Xiao Qiao (USA)

· World Economy & International Business

· Chinese Politics and Economics

Leonardo Vivas (USA)

· Latin American Politics, History and Culture

· International Human Rights

General PK Singh (India)

· Geostrategy

· International Military Issues

· U.S., South Asian, Chinese & Japanese Politics & Foreign Policy

Craig Olson (USA)

· U.S. Foreign Policy with a particular specialization in Latin America and Africa

Donald Marron (USA)

· World Economy & International Business

· U.S. Fiscal Issues, with a particular specialization in tax policy

Patrick Chovanec (China)

· World Economy & International Business with a particular specialization in China

Jaswant Singh (India)

· Global Geostrategy

· Indian Politics & Foreign Policy with a particular specialization in Indo-U.S. Relations

· World Economy & International Business

Richard Herring (USA)

· World Economy & International Business with a particular specialization in International Banking and Finance

Richard Rigby (Australia)

· Australian Politics & Foreign Policy with a particular specialization in Sino-Australian Relations

· Chinese Philosophy, History and Culture

Tim Tyler (USA)

· Global Geostrategy with a particular specialization in Energy and Defense

· U.S. Foreign Policy

Ulrich Hemel (Germany)

· Philosophy, History and Culture

· European Politics and Culture

Recent Fair Observer expert appearances

The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE) Southern California, L.A. / USA

Harvard India Conference, Cambridge /USA

MIT Entrepreneurs Club, Cambridge / USA

American University, Washington DC / USA

Maastricht Week of Entrepreneurship, Maastricht / Netherlands

MIT Global Startup Workshop, Istanbul / Turkey

WHU Senseability, Vallendar / Germany

World Business Dialogue, Cologne / Germany

Contact information for press inquiries

USA: 1087 Mission St ǀ San Francisco ǀ CA 94013 ǀ USA

+1 (202) 306 3584

Germany: Giselastrasse 10, 2nd floor ǀ 80802 München ǀ Germany

+49 89 208026-521