John Hartigan AO (born 16 November 1947) is a former Australian journalist and media executive, who worked for News Limited for 41 years, ending his career there as CEO and chair in 2011.
[1] Hartigan started his career in newspapers at the age of 16[2] and worked for John Fairfax and Sons from 1964 to 1970.
[1] During his time in the roles, he presided over a number of controversies, included Eatock v Bolt, the court case following News Limited journalist Andrew Bolt breaching the Racial Discrimination Act, and an unfair dismissal case brought by former Herald Sun editor Bruce Guthrie.
Hartigan was married to journalist Rebecca Wilson, who died of breast cancer in October 2016.
They had honeymooned on the Greek island of Santorini just weeks before her diagnosis in 2012,[7] and had been partners for at least two years before that.