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Fairfax – Where did it all go right?

In a piece first written prior to the announcement, for Saturday's "Best of the Week" email, Mumbrella's Tim Burrowes examines how Fairfax Media came back from the critical list. As I write this ... o... read more

Fairfax Gives Another 30 Journos The Heave-Ho

It comes after reports yesterday suggested Fairfax may soon stop printing its weekday editions ... by The Australian’s Media Diary Column as controversial columnist Paul Sheehan, who was “stood down” ... read more

Q&A With The Post Ombudsman

Washington, D.C.: Over the last three years, The Washington Post has engaged in an intense review ... Post editors write a positive comment about Republicans. And why, is Herb Block, a stated liberal, ... read more

Fairfax to drop weekday SMH and Age

Fairfax Media has flagged an end to weekday print ... have been in print since 1831 and 1854 respectively - could become weekend-only, as those editions generate the majority of their advertising reve... read more

Painful lessons in Fairfax demise

Yesterday in Sydney, I helped launch a book called Killing Fairfax - Packer, Murdoch & the Ultimate Revenge, by Pamela Williams, editor at large of the Australian Financial Review. It's about how Fair... read more

Fairfax Media joins News Corp with real estate as bigger profit source than news

Community Media recorded $74.3m profits, down from $77.4m. New Zealand Media was $43.3m, down from $54.2m and Radio was up to $22.3m from $11m. Fairfax posted a net loss after tax of $893.5m, followin... read more

The Morning Ledger: Companies Book Profits, But Aren’t Ready to Spend Them

Fairfax reviewing TPG-led offer. Fairfax Media Ltd., which owns newspaper titles including the Age and the Australian Financial Review, said Monday it is reviewing a takeover offer from private-equity ... read more

Cyclone Alan rips into Australian administrators in final appearance

After more than 30 years with The Sydney Morning Herald and Fairfax Media ... now writes exclusively online for ESPN. Never afraid to step on toes, you can expect plenty of compelling insight from one ... read more

Conroy warns of demise of newspapers

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says the dramatic restructures at Fairfax Media and News Limited this ... prediction for traditional weekday editions. "I wouldn't be putting money betting that ... read more

Roy Morgan: Aussies Are Reading SMH & Gardening Australia

This increases its lead over Sydney rival the Daily Telegraph which has a cross-platform audience of 3,245,000, down 5.1 per cent in a year. Overall 7.2 million Australians read the listed print newsp... read more

The Morning Ledger: Falling Pension Costs Give CFOs Breathing Room

The Morning Ledger from CFO Journal cues up the most important news in corporate finance every weekday ... writes in today’s Marketplace section. The lower pension expenses give some companies the fle... read more

John Drinnan: Frenemies co-operate on news

Well-placed sources say that beyond the new links with Sky TV, MediaWorks has also developed closer editorial links with Fairfax Media ... who is dominant on weekday morning radio. I hasten to add tha... read more