Chris Janz has overseen the publishing of The Australian Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times and WAtoday since 2017 and was previously Director, Publishing Innovation. Following the merger of Nine and Fairfax in December 2018 as Managing Director Publishing, he took on responsibility for the group’s combined digital properties including nine.com.au, 9Honey and 9Now. Chris was promoted to Chief Digital and Publishing Officer in 2020.

Mr Janz was previously the founding CEO of HuffPost Australia, a joint venture between The Huffington Post and Fairfax Media. He has more than 20 years of experience building market-leading digital media businesses.

His previous experience includes senior editorial and business roles at Allure Media, News Corp and production company Endemol Southern Star.