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Matt is managing editor for platforms and audience at NZME, working across the NZ Herald and BusinessDesk. He was BusinessDesk's publisher when it was sold to NZME in 2021. Matt spent 10 years in senior positions at Fairfax Media, including as an executive editor in the company’s senior leadership team at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Financial Review and The Age (Melbourne). He has about 200,000 followers on Instagram, making him one of New Zealand’s biggest social media influencers, which he finds quite confusing. Connect with him on Linkedin here.
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