TPG to front Senate inquiry into Fairfax

Senators will get a chance to grill one of the bidders for Fairfax at an inquiry hearing in Melbourne on Friday.

Fairfax bidder TPG Capital will front a Senate inquiry into the future of public interest journalism (AAP)

Fairfax bidder TPG Capital will front a Senate inquiry into the future of public interest journalism on Friday.

The company's head of Australia and New Zealand Joel Thickins will appear at the inquiry in Melbourne on Friday afternoon.

Mr Thickins has kept a relatively low profile as TPG and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan seek to buy the Australian media giant.