Facebook is planning to hire thousands of more employees over the next year. Engineers will be hired in Palo Alto, Seattle, and New York.

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg will be interviewed on Charlie Rose tonight. The interview will air on PBS and then on Bloomberg. This is their first time on the Charlie Rose TV show. Charlie Rose is best known for asking big picture questions like user privacy and plans for an IPO. However based on interviews from the past that I have seen, Sandberg and Zuckerberg have been trained well to avoid discussing a potential timeline for an IPO for the company. [AllThingsD]

As LinkedIn went public this past week on the New York Stock Exchange, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg was at the Reuters Global Technology Summit. She briefly talked about the possibility of Facebook having an IPO. Sandberg said that a public offering of Facebook shares is “inevitable.”

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg are in disagreement about getting Facebook into China. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is “wary about he compromises the company would need to make to do businesses in China,” wrote Bloomberg’s Brad Stone in a profile of Sandberg.

President Barack Obama will be answering questions that are asked as part of a Facebook Live Townhall that will be held at the headquarters in Palo Alto, CA. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg will also participate in the discussion. The live stream town hall will take place at 1:45PM on April 20th, 2011. The White House Facebook page has a link to submit questions. Obama will be the first President to speak at a Facebook Live event. [InsideFacebook]

Facebook has poached Carolyn Everson, the head of Microsoft global advertising. Everson will be the VP of Global Sales at Facebook. Everson joined Microsoft last June itself. Everson will be replacing Mike Murphy and will report to David Fischer.

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg has joined The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) board of directors. Disney Chairman John Pepper said that Sandberg’s experience in online properties will add value to the Disney Board of Directors.  Sandberg will also become the youngest member of the board of directors.  The average age of the Disney Board of Directors is 59.5 and she is 40 years old.  Disney has 12 members in the Board of Directors including Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

“Sheryl has been at the forefront of a technological revolution that’s opened up a world of new possibilities for consumers and which has greatly affected the way we do business,” stated Disney President and CEO Robert A. Iger. “Her unique insight, born of great practical experience, will be of considerable value to Disney’s shareholders.”

Sandberg also serves as a Director of Starbucks Corporation, The Brookings Institution, the AdCouncil, Women for Women International and V-Day.  Sandberg received a Master’s degree from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard.  She previously worked for Google, McKinsey, and The World Bank.

Below is the full press release: