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Topic: Brian McCarthy
Regional newspapers were doing better than their city cousins -- until recently. Now APN and Fairfax, heavily reliant on bush media profits, are struggling as revenues fall.

Bush telegraph hang-up: reality check as regional revenues tumble

Digital

Aug 29, 2013

Fairfax executives and board members have sat back and watched more than 80% of the value of the company evaporate.

How six bad Fairfax calls cost shareholders almost $4b

Companies

Jun 25, 2012

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You really have to feel for Fairfax CEO Greg Hywood and CEO of Metropolitan Publishing, Jack Matthews. Though not as much, obviously, as one feels for the subeditors who are about to lose their jobs.

Simons: Fairfax’s decisions agonising for all

Companies

May 04, 2011

7

In today's Media Briefs the <em>Herald Sun</em> prints Latin gibberish, Fairfax mag is not sure who leads it, phone hacking cracks at News Ltd, political blogs are ready to flood the US campaign trail and more...

Hun does lorem ipsum … McCarthy still Fairfax boss

Digital

Jan 31, 2011

1

Fairfax Media is arguably the most opportunistic company in Australia. Over the past decade, it has never lost the opportunity to shoot itself in the foot or to publicly showcase its dysfunctionality.

Beecher: Fairfax is sinking; a new captain alone won’t save it

Companies

Dec 07, 2010

2

A fortnight ago Brian McCarthy presented his long-awaited strategy for Fairfax Media. Yesterday, he announced his resignation. Could the two events be connected?

Bartholomeusz: why Fairfax lost its head

Companies

Dec 07, 2010

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.

Fairfax Media CEO resigns

Links

Dec 06, 2010

Yesterday's Fairfax revamp is being viewed on the newsroom that the changes were flawed, rushed, not well thought through, with little attention to detail.

Fairfax has ‘4 years max’ to steady the ailing ship

Companies

Nov 24, 2010

Fairfax staff are bracing for a wave of "efficiency" gains across The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald after the company's long-awaited investor briefing this morning relayed the widely-expected news that at least $10 million would be hacked out of the mastheads through a new corporate restructure.

Fairfax faces the future by going deeply vertical

News

Nov 23, 2010

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Anyone expecting something radical or brave from Fairfax Media’s long-awaited strategy update today would have been under-whelmed.

Bartholomeusz: Fairfax strategy not crazy or brave

Companies

Nov 23, 2010

1

<em>Crikey</em> has obtained emails from Fairfax CEO <b>Brian McCarthy</b> and Melbourne publishing boss <b>Don Churchill</b> explaining the company's structural review to staff this morning.

Dear Fairfax staff: McCarthy, Churchill explain the ‘transformation’

Companies

Nov 23, 2010

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 plans fundamental shift from print future

Companies

Nov 10, 2010

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