Matt Farber

Matt Farber is a highly accomplished media and entertainment executive, entrepreneur, and consultant with over 25 years of experience in the industry. He is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied business. Farber is currently an artist manager and producer of the Outlandish live performance series, focusing on a “gay-ish” demographic. His clients include several iconic acts in the LGBT community, such as Randy Rainbow, John Waters, and Fran Drescher. He is also the co-founder of StreamAlly, a ticketing and studio platform for virtual events.

Farber has a proven track record of developing content businesses for new platforms. He owned and operated a collection of media assets targeting the LGBT demographic and founded the Logo cable network, which he sold to Viacom. He also created Twist, a syndicated radio show acquired by iHeart Media, launched an imprint label with Sony Music and started the Gwist YouTube network, funded in part by Google Labs.

In addition, Farber consulted digital video publishers, including Conde Nast Entertainment, AMC Networks, and Livestream (Vimeo), on strategy, content, and business development/strategic partnerships. He spent a decade at MTV, starting in television programming and then became MTV’s first digital chief. Farber also served as General Manager of MTV2, where he created the industry’s first 360-degree programming initiatives. As Executive Vice President of Programming for Fuse, he oversaw content across all platforms for the cable network. He was also the CEO of digital music creation and discovery platform Tonos, where he raised $17M in funding from Softbank and Sequoia and developed the first-ever karaoke app.

Farber is a mentor/advisor for Entrepreneurs Roundtable Association, a tech start-up incubator, and a long-time board chair of Bailey House, a leading New York City supportive housing provider. He also serves on the board of the Pride Center at Equality Park in Fort Lauderdale and Invictus, an organization that provides job training for young adults with autism.