The really shocking aspect of the News International phone hacking revelations is that they have appeared in public, argues Crikey publisher Eric Beecher. The cat is out of the bag.
Articles by Eric Beecher 
Will Fairfax subsidise their flagships for the health of democracy?
Are Fairfax Media prepared to fund the papers at, or close to, a loss in the interests of Australian democracy?
newspaper death watch Fairfax classifieds nearly halved year-on-year
New page-count research shows big falls in the volumes of classified advertising in the key Fairfax papers.
Democracy and the near-death of public trust journalism
As classified advertising migrates from newspapers to the internet, the funding source for Australiabn public trust journalism is disappearing, writes Eric Beecher.
