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.
Ron Walker
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.
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.
Is Ron Walker developing a Citizen Kane swagger?
Fairfax chairman Ron Walker seems to be developing a bit of a swagger — almost as though he were a proprietor. Witness the cars, the drivers, the general display of grace under pressure.
Ron “will he, won’t he” Walker regrets rien
Fairfax chairman Ron Walker is still being coy about whether or not he’ll resign come the fractious November AGM. He has told The Australian that without him, “this company wouldn’t be alive today.”
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.
Corbett’s tough call: what will Fairfax’s deputy chairman do?
Fairfax chairman Ron Walker wants to stay until March. But with the Marinya camp’s significant minority pushing for an earlier demise, any victory would be pyrrhic, says Jennifer Hewett. Time for a push?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Crikey’s Ron Walker crush exposed
Reader tell Crikey they’re sick of reading about Fairfax CEO Ron Walker, tackle some icy science and some clarification from an ever-changing new media user.
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.
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.
Crikey Says: Fairfax as the national leaders in quality journalism? Ahem.
While the house burns, Ron Walker and the Fairfaxes fight over the silverware. Unfortunately for everyone, quality journalism isn’t a shiny platter.
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.
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.
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.
Walker’s departure sends Fairfax shares up
Fairfax shares rose 4.2% this morning off the back of the story in The Financial Review reporting that Chairman Ron Walker will step down in August next year.
Will Kirk’s $4 million farewell be the end of Ron Walker?
After six years on the Fairfax Media board, the last four as chairman, Ron Walker looks like he’s doing a John Howard in attempting to stay one term too many.
Kennett, Bracks, Jeffed — it’s 10th anniversary season
This is a big call, no doubt, but Jeff Kennett led one of the most reformist and revolutionary governments in any stable western democracy over the past 50 years.
The Murdoch man on the Fairfax board: a screaming conflict
Fairfax board members are often very close to their competitor’s interests. But, for board member David Evans, his association with Murdoch’s BSkyB puts him in an untenable position.
Brumby’s Grand Prix spinning out of control. Don’t tell Fairfax
Could this be the beginning of the end for the Grand Prix at Melbourne’s Albert Park? Asks Andrew Crook.
A hunch: John B Fairfax won’t be Fairfax chair
JB Fairfax is not going to take the chairman’s job at Fairfax, writes Margaret Simons
Price spikes, but Fairfax sackings won’t change a thing
The market knows that shuffling the deckchairs on the SS Fairfax can’t halt its inexorable decline, writes Glenn Dyer.
Pokies moguls in Machiavellian Fairfax plot
Roger Corbett and Ron Walker lunched at Machiavelli’s in Sydney this week. Were they plotting the future of our most venerable media company? Stephen Mayne writes.
