Peter Blunden

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Peter Blunden AM was as of 2012 the Managing Director of The Herald and Weekly Times , publisher of News Limited titles in Victoria, Australia; the Herald Sun , Sunday Herald Sun, The Weekly Times and mX . [1]

A journalist, he was appointed to this role in 2001, [2] after serving as the editor of the Herald Sun. The man to whom he reported, John Hartigan, said about him "He's a person who certainly expresses energy in everything he does". [3] He is[ when? ] a board member of the Alannah and Madeline Foundation and the Royal Children's Hospital Foundation.[ citation needed ]

Blunden was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2024 King's Birthday Honours for "significant service to journalism, particularly through print media, and to the community". [4]

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  4. "Mr Peter John Blunden". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 10 June 2024.