Where Artificial Intelligence, Entertainment and News Converge.
Where Artificial Intelligence, Entertainment and News Converge.
Checker Media is an investment and production company working at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Entertainment and News. We believe the rise of generative and agentic AI will forever change the creation, distribution, consumption and monetization of media and cultural objects. Seismic changes to existing media ecosystems are just beginning, and they will bring incredible economic and creative opportunities for founders and visionaries. Checker Media finds these exceptional individuals and helps them execute.
Checker’s deep experience in newsrooms and production environments, paired with our portfolio companies, makes us uniquely qualified to help existing media entities recognize the potential of the AI era. We create custom solutions for companies looking to revolutionize their business.
Checker also develops and produces innovative creative projects with a network of award-winning partners.
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Jesse Angelo
Founder/CEO
Jesse Angelo is the Founder and CEO of Checker Media.
Previous to Checker, Angelo was the President, Global News and Entertainment, for VICE Media Group. As VICE’s most senior strategic and operational content leader, Angelo was in charge of VICE’s digital publishing channels globally, as well as the company's cable television and distribution businesses. Angelo also oversaw VICE News, which won multiple Peabody Awards, Columbia DuPont Silver Batons, Cannes Lions Grand Prix, and over 20 Emmys under his leadership.
Before VICE, Angelo was the Publisher and CEO of The New York Post, and Chief of Digital Advertising Solutions for parent company News Corp.
A native New Yorker, he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in American History and Literature. He sits on the board of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism CUNY Foundation, and multiple other philanthropic boards. He co-edited Deadline Artists, two anthologies of America’s greatest newspaper columns.