Jack Matthews, Fairfax Digital (Sydney)
Jack is the Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax Digital, the online division of Fairfax Media, Australia’s premier integrated media company. Fairfax Digital is responsible for Australia’s two leading online news sites, the smh.com.au and theage.com.au as well as leading classified sites in recruitment, automotive and real estate. Fairfax Digital sites attract over 10 million unique viewers per month.
Prior to his current position, Jack was COO and Representative Director of Jupiter Programming Company, a Tokyo based joint venture between Liberty Media and Sumitomo Corporation. Jupiter owns and operates 16 pay TV channels which reach over 24 million viewers.
Prior to Jupiter, Jack was CEO of the Premium Movie Partnership which creates and distributes Australia’s leading Pay TV movie channels, Showtime and Showtime Greats. Previous to that, Jack was CEO of TelstraSaturn, an integrated telephone, Pay TV and broadband company in New Zealand.