You really have to feel for Fairfax CEO Greg Hywood and CEO of Metropolitan Publishing, Jack Matthews. Though not as much, obviously, as one feels for the subeditors who are about to lose their jobs.
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Media briefs: Hun does lorem ipsum … McCarthy still Fairfax boss
In today’s Media Briefs the Herald Sun prints Latin gibberish, Fairfax mag is not sure who leads it, phone hacking cracks at News Ltd, political blogs are ready to flood the US campaign trail and more…
Beecher: Fairfax is sinking; a new captain alone won’t save it
Fairfax Media is arguably the most opportunistic company in Australia. Over the past decade, it has never lost the opportunity to shoot itself in the foot or to publicly showcase its dysfunctionality.
Bartholomeusz: why Fairfax lost its head
A fortnight ago Brian McCarthy presented his long-awaited strategy for Fairfax Media. Yesterday, he announced his resignation. Could the two events be connected?
Fairfax Media CEO resigns
Head of Fairfax Media Brian McCarthy quit today, effective immediately, after he refused an offer to stay on for 3-5 more years. Fellow board member Greg Hywood will act as a temporary replacement, until a permanent is found.
Fairfax has ’4 years max’ to steady the ailing ship
Yesterday’s Fairfax revamp is being viewed on the newsroom that the changes were flawed, rushed, not well thought through, with little attention to detail.
Fairfax faces the future by going deeply vertical
Fairfax staff are bracing for a wave of “efficiency” gains across The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald after the company’s long-awaited investor briefing this morning relayed the widely-expected news that at least $10 million would be hacked out of the mastheads through a new corporate restructure.
Dear Fairfax staff: McCarthy, Churchill explain the ‘transformation’
Crikey has obtained emails from Fairfax CEO Brian McCarthy and Melbourne publishing boss Don Churchill explaining the company’s structural review to staff this morning.
Fairfax plans fundamental shift from print future
Fairfax’s effort for the next few years will be directed towards winding down print and scaling up the effort to get people to pay for content delivered to mobile devices.
Fairfax at the crossroads — McCarthy v Matthews
Things are coming to a head, at last, in the ongoing confusion and flailing around at Fairfax Media. Whether this results in any brave new direction for the company remains to be seen.
Fairfax to rule out locking up news websites?
Listen out for the sound of the Murdoch minions reacting to the cold water Fairfax Media CEO Brian McCarthy has just poured on the idea of paid content news websites at the Fairfax AGM this morning.
New blood jostles for Fairfax control
Was there ever a company more clearly in need of fresh talent than Fairfax Media? Sadly, the Fairfax board is better at perpetuating itself than reinventing and reinvigorating.
ACCC head warns News and Fairfax over cartel risk
Graeme Samuel has reminded newspaper companies of the need to abide by the Trade Practices Act after Fairfax chief executive Brian McCarthy touted the possibility of talks with News Ltd last week.
Crikey Says: Help save Fairfax: send them your suggestions
Fairfax CEO Brian McCarthy is taking suggestions for the company’s future strategic direction. Why not send him your thoughts?
Fairfax to charge for online news
Hot on the heels of Rupert Murdoch’s announcement that all News Corp news sites will soon be charging for online content, Fairfax Media boss Brian McCarthy has announced plans to erect a paywall on both The Age and Sydney Morning Herald websites.
Talking the Town: Talking the town: CEO Sleepout at Luna Park
This may not be the day to ask your boss for a pay rise, if he or she took part in the St Vincent de Paul CEO Sleepout last night, writes Margot Saville.
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.
Fairfax restructure just more jobs for the boys
Fairfax’s long touted reorganization is much ado about nothing: mediocrity rewarded, according to a Fairfax insider.
Fairfax calls its mastheads “Cash Generating Units”
Fairfax has an unfortunate way with words for a company that publishes so many, writes Glenn Dyer.
Fairfax bloodbath set to get bloodier
Analysts are expecting a torrent of red ink when stricken old media firm Fairfax releases its first half results on Monday, writes Andrew Crook.
Whispers at Fairfax: restructure is nigh
There are rumours that bubble away more or less constantly in the Fairfax newsrooms. But are the latest rumours true? Margaret Simons writes.
McCarthy sharpens the knife at Fairfax
As Fairfax prepares to slash its dividend, staff are bracing for a brutal era of cost-cutting led by Brian McCarthy, writes Glenn Dyer.
Fairfax push for hand-picked staff to resign “voluntarily”
“Voluntary redundancies to be sought on a case-by-case basis”. It is an unusual concept, writes Margaret Simons.
