Fairfax patriarch John B Fairfax has condemned Ron Walker’s term as chairman, demanding he resign at the company’s November annual general meeting.
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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.
The Fairfax family may not be enough to oust Ron Walker
It won’t be easy blasting chairman Ron Walker out of the Fairfax board, writes Stephen Mayne.
Victoria, keep your motor running. F1 is here to stay
A new contract for the Melbourne GP through to 2015 is looming. And it won’t come cheap, writes motorsport journalist Andrew Maitland.
Clock ticking on Ron Walker’s Fairfax reign?
Will Fairfax’s biggest shareholder, John B Fairfax, continue to stand on the sidelines as he watches the value of his investment collapse? asks Crikey publisher Eric Beecher.
The Age wins the Grand Prix of grovel
Icebergs of discontent and ill-feeling float around The Age newsroom and yesterday afternoon editor Andrew Jaspan had to deal with some of the visible manifestations, writes Margaret Simons.
