Peter Blunden AM was as of 2012[update] 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.
[citation needed] A journalist, he was appointed to this role in 2001,[1] 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".
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".