The 2007 BRW Rich 200 list represented a high water mark for many of Australia’s best-known entrepreneurs. So how far have they fallen post-GFC?
John Fairfax
Media briefs: Fairfax sans Fairfax … James Murdoch and NotW … MTV makeover …
In today’s Media Briefs: the newspaper that almost seized the future … MTV still ‘present’ — despite 13 redundancies, production cuts … Voice of UK’s Siri is now speaking out (to Apple’s chagrin) and more …
Bartholomeusz: Confrontation could tip Fairfax over the edge
There is a distinct possibility of a complete implosion within Fairfax, which would hand a near-empty boardroom to the two Fairfax family members writes Business Spectator’s Stephen Bartholomeusz.
Fairfax knee-cappings and The AFR’s power lunch
The AFR Magazine today has produced its annual Power edition, which is a great read but misses a few key points.
Beecher: Walker squabbles while Fairfax burns
The feud between Fairfax Chairman Ron Walker and the Fairfax family is like watching a brawl between the captain and senior personnel on the Titanic, while the ship sinks and the crew jump for their lives.
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.
The campaign against name-dropping Ron may not be wholly right
It’s hard to feel any sympathy for Ron Walker, the embattled Fairfax Media chairman: he’s worth $400 million, had a good innings and is an inveterate name dropper.
Ron Walker’s reign of error must end
John B Fairfax has got 775 million reasons for ousting Ron Walker. Ever since Fairfax Media merged with Rural Press, the destruction of his fortune has been nothing short of spectacular.
Knight: Fairfax’s silent coup
Ron Walker’s ousting from Fairfax has been a long time coming, says Elizabeth Knight. But now everything is out in the open, there may be some hope for reforming the company’s completely dysfunctional board.
Fairfax gives Walker the finger
The Fairfax family has issued an extraordinary statement announcing it will not support Fairfax Media Chairman Ron Walker continuing in his post. Margaret Simons on how it all turned sour.
Walker must walk from Fairfax now
Fairfax patriarch John B Fairfax has condemned Ron Walker’s term as chairman, demanding he resign at the company’s November annual general meeting.
Video of the Day: Can the media be trusted to tell the truth?
Can we trust the press to choose facts over finances? Julian Burnside, John Fairfax, Jonathan Holmes, Simon Longstaff, Catharine Lumby, Stephen Mayne and Mark Scott debate the issue of truth in media.
