It took two years for the Fairfax Board to realise that David Evans, one of its members, was in breach of the law by being a director of both Fairfax Media and Village Roadshow. Just another example of poor governance at Fairfax?
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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.
There may still be twists in the Fairfax tale
The Fairfax AGM tomorrow may not be quite the cakewalk the board has been at such pains to orchestrate.
With Roger Corbett, it’s a question of character
Roger Corbett’s Christian values didn’t appear to count for much when the opportunity presented for Woolies to leap into the pokies business. Why is the anti-gambling Salvation Army associated with someone who actively supports pokies?
Gerard Noonan on Fairfax, David Evans and corporate sloppiness
Gerard Noonan says it wasn’t he who nudged ACMA into reviewing the position of conflicted Fairfax board member, David Evans, but believes it was extraordinarily sloppy to let the situation persist for so long, reports Margaret Simons.
A new front in the battle for Fairfax
The battle for the Fairfax Media just became even more interesting with today’s revelation that the industry regulator, ACMA, is conducting a review of independent director David Evans.
A growth story? What the candidates for Fairfax told ACSI
If there is a growth and a renewal story for Fairfax, it needs to be found soon. The Board has made it clear it wants to recruit media experience. Where will it turn?
Sad tales from the opening of Melbourne’s new Fairfax building
Margaret Simons was at the “soft opening” of the new Age building in Melbourne. What’s a “soft launch”? It is the launch you have when the Board is dysfunctional and the Chairman doing the honours has been forced out.
Expansive James Packer goes the full half hour
The man who used to like two-minute chairman addresses went on for half-an-hour at yesterday’s Crown AGM, boasting of PBL’s recent performance and making some pre-emptive attacks against the anti-pokies lobby.
Corbett’s Fairfax still a leaky boat, says analyst
The latest Fairfax skipper, Roger Corbett, is going have to row mighty hard and with a “titanic” weight on his shoulders, writes Roger Montgomery.
Fairfax board: what happened to the other three candidates?
The papers are full of news and views about the elevation of Roger Corbett as chairman of the Fairfax Media Board. But what has happened to the three candidates who have already nominated?
Guy Rundle: A memo from incoming Fairfax chair Roger Corbett
A memo from the new chair of the Fairfax board has fallen off the back of a delivery van. Guy Rundle reports:
Fairfax recruit highlights new employer’s no-vacancy rort
The so-called no-vacancy rule makes getting on a public company board impossible for outsiders. Forcing institutions to disclose how they vote will further expose the old boys’ network, starting with Fairfax.
Travelling through Rural Press country
Sometimes you can see the nature of organisations more clearly from the periphery than from the heart — although, of course, rural NSW is the heart of the old, pre-Fairfax Rural Press. And unfortunately, the regional papers aren’t looking too crash hot.
When will News expose the Evans/Fairfax conflict, Terry?
With a Murdoch associate on the Fairfax board, the hands of News Limited commentators are tied, which is why commentary on Ron Walker leaving has been particularly quiet.
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.
Gerard Noonan: Why I’m running for the Fairfax board
Veteran Fairfax journalist and editor Gerard Noonan makes his pitch for election to the board of Fairfax Media in an attempt to end the company’s “childish corporate bickering”.
Fairfax falls further into the abyss
The Fairfax Board needs people who understand media — and in particular, what a media company needs to be in the internet age. Ron Walker has never understood media, let alone new media.
Bartholomeusz: Walking the plank
Fairfax Chairman Ron Walker’s declaration of his retirement intentions to the AFR was the final straw for shareholders, who weren’t big fans of his in the first place, says Stephen Bartholomeusz.
Dear Fairfax: Martin Bryant’s mother set to sue
Crikey has obtained a copy of a letter from Slater and Gordon to Fairfax Media on behalf of convicted serial killer Martin Bryant’s mother Carleen Bryant.
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?
Fairfax, AWB and co. bury bad news in the budget build-up
Fairfax Media was in good company yesterday as it tried to hide a sharp profit downgrade under the cloak of the Federal Budget.
Media briefs: White House plane detained, Phuket, let’s pun and more
China detains White House media plane: A charter airplane carrying the White House press corps was detained for nearly three hours Friday at Beijing’s international airport not long after President Bush arrived to attend the Olympic Games. The flight crew of the Northwest Airlines 747 had been expecting to park at a VIP terminal, but […]
Clock ticking for Jaspan
Things move fast and late at Fairfax when it comes to executive appointments, writes Margaret Simons.
Not so fast AFL. Who will pay for (or watch) this northern expansion?
In all their enthusiasm for the AFL northern invasion story, Fairfax media and the AFL seem to be studiously ignoring the realties of TV advertising and viewing patterns in NSW and Queensland, writes Glenn Dyer.
