The latest 2011 circulation figures indicate that it was a mixed-to-good December quarter for some titles, an average half-year for others and another miserable 12 months for the majority of newspapers and magazines.
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Fairfax’s new social network for media comment
In a new move for digital journalism in Australia, Fairfax Media today launched its invitation-only portal for politicians and interest groups to share quotes, documents and photos to be used in news articles.
Mayne: now’s not the time for Rinehart to be be saying ‘look at me’
Journalists love nothing more than speculating about the future of media companies, so Gina Rinehart has created an avalanche of commentary with her high-profile raid on Fairfax Media.
It’s a big if, but Gina Rinehart could set Fairfax agenda
There never has been, and is never likely to be, a rule that says someone who owns a company is not entitled to run it as she sees fit, within the limits of the law.
Rinehart won’t find a Fairfax
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Gina Rinehart is likely to find investing in Fairfax Media a deeply frustrating experience, whether she’s trying to influence the newspapers or just make money.
leaked Fairfax chief slams News Ltd over Mark Day splash
Fairfax CEO Greg Hywood has taken to his company’s internal email system to slam The Weekend Australian for questioning his corporate strategy.
Fairfax will close Chullora print plant, considering News merger
Fairfax media will proceed with its plan to shut down its Chullora printing plant leading to the loss of scores of jobs, according to a secret internal memo obtained by Crikey.
Ex-NotW Fairfax exec Ricky Sutton: ‘I know nothing’
Fairfax Media’s head of video, Ricky Sutton, has been questioned by his bosses about his time in senior positions at the News of the World in London.
Simons: News Ltd on back foot as Fairfax readies better iPad app
The buzz in the industry is that Fairfax Media is about to launch its much promised “native” iPad apps for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age — possibly before the end of this month.
Mayne: Fairfax should move now on WA News
A Fairfax deal with WA News has been talked about for decades but never come to fruition. It is the most logical newspaper merger in Australia given that competition regulators would never allow News Ltd to further extend its majority position.
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.
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Delving into Fairfax’s “deep verticals”
A recent Fairfax email from Don Churchill discussed the development of “deep verticals”. Deep what? Piers Kelly delves into the archaic term. And it’s not all good news for Fairfax staff.
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, Ten emerge from dark days with profits intact
Fairfax Media and Ten Network were nearly crippled by debt burdens, slumping ad revenues, profits were fanciful and they were unwanted in the market.
Fairfax pondering online-only Age, SMH … or not
Could Fairfax Media seriously be considering eliminating hard copy versions of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, and distributing them only online and to mobile devices?
Fairfax skirts terror — and the law — on junket kickbacks
Fairfax Media continues to court Melbourne real estate agents with multi-million dollar offers of marketing cash that may raise eyebrows legal circles.
Freelancers should launch test case against unfair contracts, barristers say
Freelance journalists and their union should consider taking a test case against the nation’s leading publishers over unfair contracts, according to two Sydney barristers specialising in employment law.
Real estate advertising war turns red hot
The Melbourne real estate advertising war has heated up, with the ACCC set to probe Fairfax Media for predatory pricing following a complaint from bitter rival MMP Media.
Tim Fletcher dumped from 3AW after Catalano deal
Fairfax Media has reacted angrily to the emaciation of its real estate advertising streams, and possibly breached its own editorial policies, by dumping Melbourne real estate doyen Tim Fletcher from its 3AW line-up in retribution for inking an advertising deal with a rival publication.
Fairfax in damage control over real estate exodus
Age boss Don Churchill has written a desperate letter to around 20 Melbourne real estate agents defecting to the new Weekly Review publication, demanding to know their future advertising intentions with Fairfax.
Sigma Pharmaceuticals collapse more bad news for Fairfax?
More bad news for Fairfax Media: one of its trio of new directors, Linda Nicholls, is now implicated in the collapse of one of Australia’s biggest pharmaceutical companies.
We waited for this? Serial board members but no media experience for Fairfax
It is hard to understand why it has taken Fairfax Media more than three months to announce the trio of relatively tame board appointments. Still nobody on the board has an inside understanding of journalism.
Business As Usual: Heroic work at Fairfax … Insurance slug on the way … Party poopers in the UK
Heroic cost-cutting at Fairfax Media; insurance costs ready to rise; the job market conundrum for the ageing; Chinese bankers take a new tack; and it’s still the status quo in the UK … that’s grey skies in case you were wondering.
Fairfax earnings: pull out the digital and it’s a pain in the tale
Fairfax Media’s digital business was the only part of the group to perform in the six months to December.
