1. Executive Salaries: A study
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...ys himself). But Fairfax management’s “plan” for the future is nothing more than a means of stripping value out of one of this country’s oldest and proudest media groups. David Kirk, Brian McCar...

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

...ir allegiances. And they never address the paradox that, for all their talk of increasing shareholder value by slashing and burning, it doesn't correspond in huge jumps in the share price. Even the...

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

...er lifetimes." Rupert Murdoch clearly has grasped the correlation between quality, influence and value in the news business and is investing heavily in quality journalism: buying The Wall Stre...

4. The Thin Black Line
(The Campaign/Letters of Support)

...ald and Louise Williams, and Indonesian-based journalist Zannuba Wahid provided coverage of immeasurable value to the Australian public and the international community.  Decades ago, another Fair...

5. Sydney Rally AM Friday
(The Campaign/Editorial)

Footage from the Sydney rally is now available. Media Alliance federal secretary, Christopher Warren, federal president, Patricia Amphlett and Media section president, Ruth Pollard address journalists

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

...r Kirk's total remuneration package came from what was described in the annual report as "the fair value of rights to shares issued". In the case of Mr Kirk, this "fair value" ju...

7. Low-quality journalism erodes the Fairfax brands
(The Campaign/In The News)

...ns mostly affects those mastheads rather hitting Fairfax Media directly. However, given that the market value of Fairfax is heavily tied to those mastheads, even the deferred effect is not good news....

8. Sunrise Ruth Pollard interview
(The Campaign/In The News)

Media Alliance president, Ruth Pollard, made an appearance on behalf of members on the popular breakfast program, Sunrise. View the full version by clicking read more. 

9. New CEO's message to staff
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...s, printing centres, radio stations, events and market strength – and most importantly, a committed and valued staff across Australia, New Zealand and the United States.  I believe ...

10. The Andrew Olle Media Lecture 2008
(The Campaign/In The News)

...legitimate and proper business enterprise. Many are only interested in building wealth…not in building value. Not in building the future and the culture of journalism." Read the transcript her...

11. Strike spooks advertisers
(The Campaign/In The News)

...nth, that will affect the level of confidence advertisers have with the papers. It will wobble the high value advertisers that go for the Saturday edition.” See the B&T story here ...

12. Kirk insults staff
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...o could even be a non-voting member of the board, Kirk said he would not consider it and did not see any value in the idea. Meanwhile, Fairfax shares remain 74% below where they were 12 months ago,...

13. Fairfax may be broken-up and sold
(The Campaign/In The News)

...g the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age at a mere $750 million – that’s substantially below their value in 1990...  Such a small valuation by analysts of the SMH and Age illustrates the di...

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

...nya owns about 14 per cent of Fairfax and received more than $40 million in dividends for 2007-08. The value of its holding in the business has fallen by about $700 million this year. Read more ...

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

...ebt early, as market concerns about its borrowings weigh on its share price. With the company's market value down by more than a quarter this month, investors argued the company's dividend yield of...

16. Interim CEO McCarthy's message to staff
(The Campaign/In The News)

...as great mastheads, websites, printing centres, radio stations – and most importantly, a committed and valued staff across Australia, New Zealand and the United States.   Since...

17. Fairfax family values
(The Campaign/In The News)

AS John B. Fairfax took the lift to the 31st floor of Sydney's Chifley Tower for an unscheduled board meeting of the company that bears his name, he might not have been aware that shares in Fairfax