New partners in SPACE

Location initiative nextMedia.Hamburg gains further partners for the SPACE innovation space

ZEIT ONLINE and the pilot agency group are now SPACE partners of nextMedia.Hamburg. With the commitment of the two companies, nextMedia is expanding the number of SPACE partnerships to twelve.

Hamburg, 24.06.2024 - nextMedia.Hamburg is delighted to announce the commitment of two renowned Hamburg institutions in the middle of the year.

"It is with great enthusiasm that we welcome ZEIT ONLINE and the pilot agency group to SPACE! SPACE is all about sharing knowledge and promoting collaborative work and exchange. All our partners bring different perspectives and skills to the table. We want to use this diversity to drive the content and technology industry forward and further expand Hamburg's leading position as a media and digital location. The participation of the new partners will help us a lot in this," says Dr. Nina Klaß, head of the nextMedia.Hamburg location initiative.

SPACE is an innovation space in which nextMedia.Hamburg, as part of Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft, brings together companies and creative minds from the media and digital sector. The SPACE partners play a central role here: they can use the premises and help shape the SPACE both in terms of content and concept. In doing so, they bring valuable impetus and resources to the community.

"SPACE is a great place that brings together creative minds from a wide range of industries and promotes inspiration and exchange on a variety of topics. For ZEIT ONLINE, it offers the ideal platform to present journalistic content, formats and publishing topics to a broad and interested audience, to make new contacts and to benefit from the creative energy and know-how of the other members. ZEIT ONLINE is delighted to be part of this innovative community and to be able to help shape and drive digital change together," says Christian Röpke, Managing Director of ZEIT ONLINE.

"For me, SPACE is more than just a workplace - it's a place of inspiration, learning and growth. It's the perfect environment to meet interesting people, develop ideas together and exchange learning. Whether I'm working on innovative projects or simply looking for new impulses for my daily work - I find exactly the atmosphere I need here," says Astrid Waterstraat, Head of HR and Organizational Development at pilot.

SPACE partners include the Hamburg-based Carlsen publishing house, the production company and streaming platform Rocket Beans Entertainment, the media companies Ströer and Bauer Media, the technology companies Google, Meta and Snap, the creative agency Jung von Matt, ZEIT ONLINE, the pilot agency group and the associations ARIC (Artificial Intelligence Center Hamburg) and nextReality.Hamburg as technology competence partners.

About the SPACE
SPACE is the first European project of its kind - an innovation space of over 600 square meters in which companies, innovation drivers, start-ups and freelancers from the creative, media and digital industries come together to discover potential, drive it forward creatively and experiment together. The focus is on future-oriented solutions for content, media technologies and digital business models. SPACE is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the City of Hamburg's Department of Culture and Media. Further information on the initiative can be found at www.space-hamburg.de.

About nextMedia.Hamburg
nextMedia.Hamburg is the first point of contact and innovation support for Hamburg's media and digital industry. Its goal is to expand Hamburg's leading position as a media and digital location. To this end, the initiative promotes sustainable business models at the interface between content and technology with various (innovation) programs, events and content. nextMedia.Hamburg is supported by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and is part of Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft.