- Jay is the co-founder of Matador, a full-service content production company with offices in New York and Los Angeles.
Prior to founding Matador, Jay served as COO/EVP, Production and Development of Original Media. He is the former president of K2 Pictures, Inc., a full service film and television production company based in New York City. Jay started in Network News working for ABC's World News Tonight. He then moved on to MTV Networks as a Business Manager, transitioning to the Programming and Development Departments of VH1 where he became a Director.
While at VH1, Jay served as the Executive in Charge of Production and Supervising Producer for the series Storytellers and Hard Rock Live, tent pole events such as Divas Live and The Fashion Awards and documentary series- RockStory and 100 Greatest Artists.
Jay holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.- IMDb Mini Biography By: katie - Jay Peterson is the President of Boat Rocker Studios, Unscripted and co-founder of Matador Content, a full-service content studio with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Since founding Matador in 2014 and being acquired by Boat Rocker Studios in 2018, Jay has produced a wide range of programming, from the hit global series Lip Sync Battle (Paramount Network), Dear... on Apple TV+, the Go Big Show (TBS), and most recently The World's A Little Blurry chronicling the rise of superstar Billie Eilish (Apple+). Jay and Matador Content have been nominated for, and received, multiple Emmy, Peabody, GLADD and NAACP awards for their work on projects like, The Rape of Recy Taylor (The Orchard), Love, Cecil (Amazon), MECCA (ESPN's 30 for 30) Larger than Life (Hulu) and Wig (HBO) among others.
Prior to starting Matador, Jay served as the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Production and Development at Original Media, an Endemol Company. During his tenure at Original, Jay developed and produced over 25 series for television, including History's ongoing hit Swamp People, Paramount Network's Inkmaster, AMC's Comic Book Men and Discovery's Dual Survival. He expanded Original's portfolio into new categories such as sports (MMA Uncensored Live), talk (The Gayle King Show), music (MTV's Unplugged) and live television (Rihanna Live for MTV, VH1 and BET), and strengthened the franchises and economics of existing shows such as Storm Chasers, LA Ink and The Rachel Zoe Project. Prior to Original Media Jay held development and production positions at MTV and VH1 and started his career on the news desk of ABC. Jay holds a Master's in Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Boat Rocker Official Website Bio
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