a multi-year deal with Vice Media and Refinery29 to become the Australian digital publishing home of both brands. A new team was announced for Refinery29 later that year, and in January 2022 a new team of five, headed by Brad Esposito, was announced to head up Vice Australia and New Zealand. Description Pedestrian is based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. the Pedestrian Group owns Pedestrian and the Australian brands Vice Media (Australia), Business Insider Australia, Gizmodo AU, Refinery29, Lifehacker Australia, Kotaku, Pedestrian JOBS, and Openair Cinemas. Key people Matt Rowley is CEO of Pedestrian Group (), while Vanessa Lawrence is Publisher (). Awards Pedestrian.TV was awarded Brand of the Year by Mumbrella in 2015, 2016, and also 2020, with Pedestrian Group winning three other Mumbrella awards, for Best Publisher-Led Advertising Campaign, Event of the Year, and Branded Content Studio of the Year in the same year. References External links 2005 establishments in Australia Internet properties established in 2005 Australian news websites Australian entertainment websites Nine Entertainment