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Jake Challenor

Jake Challenor has spent the last 20 years in the media and entertainment industries, most recently as the Publisher and Editor of widely respected industry trade titles Radio Today and The Music Network. Under his leadership, both titles hit record audience and revenue heights, launched a series of industry awards programs, and were acquired in 2021 and 2022, respectively. Challenor joined The Brag Media in March 2022 as Executive Editor, B2B & Print. He oversees the editorial direction of the newly-launched Variety Australia, along with The Industry Observer and The Music Network, and works with Editor in Chief, Poppy Reid, on the quarterly Rolling Stone Australia magazine.

Luke Girgis

Luke Girgis is the Chief Executive Officer of The Brag Media, Australia’s largest and fastest-growing publisher representing the most iconic culture brands in the world, including Rolling Stone, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, thebrag.com, Tone Deaf, The Industry Observer and more.

Luke spent over a decade managing and developing talent in the music and entertainment sectors before founding The Brag Media in 2017. He now leads an award-winning and passionate team working across the business’s commercial, content and events divisions.

Under Luke’s leadership, The Brag Media experienced year-on-year revenue growth of over 160% in the 2021 financial year and grew its audience 4.5 million MAUs in Australia and New Zealand, while talking to niche audiences at scale for some of the biggest brands in the world.

Luke Spano

Luke Spano is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of media and tech business, Avid Collective. Luke leads each of Avid Collective’s business units focused on a range of functions such Media, Software Development, Marketing, Strategy Sales, Content and Digital.

Previously, Luke was the Head of Operations at Sports Betting and Media Start-up, JR Sports, which was acquired by Play Up Australia in 2017 and the Co-Founder of hospitality tech start-up NightGuru.

Poppy Reid

Poppy Reid is the Editor In Chief of Australia’s largest independent entertainment media company, The Brag Media, which includes Rolling Stone Australia, Variety Australia, Tone Deaf, The Brag, The Industry Observer and The Music Network under its umbrella. She was shortlisted for Mumbrella's Editor of the Year and B&T's Journalist/Producer Award in 2021 and is currently nominated for Music Journalist of the Year at the Australian Women in Music Awards (AWMA).