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

... them, it is like speaking to someone who is looking out the window, as their answers are not to you but to the shareholders to whom they owe their allegiances. And they never address the paradox t...

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

...company’s claim that it is simply targeting back-office operations. This claim is misleading to staff, readers, shareholders and the market and should be condemned in the strongest possible way. At le...

3. British Journalists: Be Strong. Be Proud. Be Victorious
(The Campaign/Letters of Support)

...he papers produced. It is a false economy.  Like you we are facing an industry that puts the interests of shareholders before those of its readers and axes not management waste but frontline jou...

4. Fairfax shares hit new 12-month low
(The Campaign/In The News)

...x shares have fallen by 45% over the past year. It's worth recalling that on April 18 2007, the day Rural Press shareholders gave their approval to the merger, Fairfax shares were trading at $5.18. ...

5. Kirk speech fails to impress - Rudd targets exec pay
(The Campaign/In The News)

...price has more than halved. In that same time frame, Kirk has received a 23.8% pay increase to $3.4 million. Shareholders, that include John B Fairfax and his family who own just under 15% of the F...

6. Reality of retrenchments
(The Campaign/In The News)

...ve to have a fair amount of compassion for the Big Cheeses - after all, they're just trying to look after the shareholders; the personal bonuses are just the icing on the cake. It's not the chief e...

7. More protests over media CEO pay
(The Campaign/In The News)

...both his base salary and cash bonus, The Australian reports. The rises are likely to prompt objections among shareholders at the company's annual general meeting next month, after protest votes we...

8. Fairfax shareholders vote against remuneration report
(The Campaign/In The News)

...f those present at the meeting voted against the motion. The vote followed angry comments by ex-staff and other shareholders over Fairfax CEO David Kirk's $3.41 million salary package, and deputy CE...

9. Walker won't go as Fairfax shares at 15-year low
(The Campaign/In The News)

...nts came as Fairfax chief executive David Kirk painted a gloomy outlook for the media sector, and acknowledged shareholders were "greatly concerned" about the company's share price, which ...

10. John B Fairfax silent
(The Campaign/In The News)

..., is staying mum on investor calls for a reduced dividend payout ratio to retire debt early. Major Fairfax shareholders, including 452 Capital and Perpetual Investments, called for a dividend re...

11. Fairfax shareholders want dividend cut
(The Campaign/In The News)

MAJOR shareholders have called on Fairfax Media to reduce its dividend payout to retire debt early, as market concerns about its borrowings weigh on its share price. With the company's market value

12. Shareholders welcome Kirk's exit
(The Campaign/In The News)

Fairfax Media Ltd shareholders will welcome David Kirk's exit as chief executive as he falls victim to the global economic crisis, analysts say. Read more

13. Crunch time for Fairfax
(The Campaign/In The News)

...economic downturn are a millstone today. His resignation follows consultations with all major institutional shareholders last week, and signals a change in tack for the media group, with Fairfax ...

14. Job ads plunge
(The Campaign/In The News)

Fairfax Media's recently departed chief executive, David Kirk, told shareholders last month that earnings since July were down by about 10 per cent, with employment classifieds the hardest hit. The