1. Fair Go, Fairfax: Don't discount journalism
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...There's a tendency over time with public ownership for the editorial presence in the corridors of power to decline.'' Mr. Appert of Goldman Sachs said he expected that the Knight Ridder experience ...

2. Fairfax cuts spell decline of excellence
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...a disaster for mainstream news media companies, forcing them into a vicious downward spiral. As quality declines, so does circulation, influence and revenue. And sooner or later, down the track, th...

3. Redundancies: Full Picture Revealed
(The Campaign/In The News)

...d smh.com.au. SMH editor Alan Oakley told the House Committee last year he was "not here to manage decline" and bravely stated to the meeting of staff today that this significant redundan...

4. Crikey: Secret Fairfax share scheme key to slash and burn
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...he company. While Fairfax executives have claimed that the sacking of 550 staff is unavoidable, due to a decline in classified revenue and the advent of new technology, insiders say these reasons a...

5. Fairfax papers suffer ad loss
(The Campaign/In The News)

...tropolitan mastheads were down 13 per cent in July on the same time last year, followed by a 19 per cent decline in August. Read more ...

6. How, now, David Kirk
(The Campaign/Editorial)

... at least 12 public guarantees that the 550 redundancies announced by the Fairfax Media will not lead to a decline in quality journalism. The guarantees have been made in the press, on radio, to the s...

7. The decline of full-blooded political reporting
(The Campaign/In The News)

The decline of full-blooded political reporting, whatever its present faults, may have severe consequences. Serious journalism - mainly from newspapers - not only provides a crucial linkage between

8. Fairfax chiefs in pay rise
(The Campaign/In The News)

..., David Kirk's total cost to the company rose to $3.41 million from $2.76 million, even as his cash bonus declined and he received lower super payments, Fairfax Media said in its latest annual repo...

9. Slash and burn will destroy some newspapers
(The Campaign/In The News)

... down the slash and burn path, a path tried by newspapers in other places that has led to even more rapid declines in circulation and readership and, ultimately, profitability. Read more ...

10. Ron Walker silent on David Kirk's fate
(The Campaign/In The News)

FAIRFAX Media chairman Ron Walker has declined to comment on speculation about chief executive David Kirk's future at the newspaper and radio company. Mr Walker was responding to a newspaper report

11. Fairfax trouble intensifies as chief resigns
(The Campaign/In The News)

... The Sydney Morning Herald stood down and three months after the editor of The Age was sacked. Fairfax declined to provide a reason why David Kirk, the former captain of New Zealand's All Blacks ...

12. Successor faces tricky time
(The Campaign/In The News)

...he leadership with the global economic downturn taking its toll on an industry already facing structural decline. Read more ...