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Fri, 17 Apr 2020
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Managing editor, audience and platform curation
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 joined BusinessDesk in 2019 and was publisher when we sold to NZME. He is now working across NZME titles and is based in Auckland. Connect with him on Linkedin here.
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