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

...rated that it is clueless about the future of its flagship products. It is significant that of all the major media companies in Australia, Fairfax was alone in not being a backer of the Future of Jo...

2. Media Alliance alert: Company threat to staff
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...action and we have set our legal processes in train. Do not be intimidated by this. Consider how a major media company locking out its own professional staff on its flagship metro mastheads will...

3. Fairfax CEO Kirk reluctant to speak to staff
(The Campaign/In The News)

...ws, YouTube. We live in a media and communications revolution. So what are the structural issues facing major media companies such as Fairfax Media?' That Kirk will be addressing members of a think ...

4. Kirk of 1138 Days
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...g on at the coal face. It means listening to the "buzz" and responding to issues directly. All major corporations use the technique which is part of responsible team leadership.  Davi...

5. Ron Walker's message to Fairfax staff
(The Campaign/In The News)

...ment of all  synergies from acquisitions. and stabilisation and growth of circulations at the major metropolitan newspapers In addition he has represented the interests of the company e...

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

...ort was ultimately adopted, with 915.3 million votes for and 69.3 million votes against, a significant majority of those present at the meeting voted against the motion. The vote followed angry comm...

7. B-grade managers and trash content
(The Campaign/In The News)

...eep cutting until they disappear up their own a-sehole." And earlier he said: "Most of the major media companies are incompetent in making the transition” to new media. They had assigne...

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

...to the merger, Fairfax shares were trading at $5.18. As The Australian reported earlier this week: The major boost to Mr Kirk's total remuneration package came from what was described in the annual...

9. Market research firm used by Fairfax on strike
(The Campaign/In The News)

...n union contracts with improved conditions, rates of pay and healthy workplaces at nine of New Zealand’s major market research companies. Every day of the week the “SurveyTalk” call centre in the Au...

10. Media Report: The axe falls at Fairfax
(The Campaign/In The News)

Five hundred and fifty staff at Fairfax are to go in a major restructure. Management said they were largely immune from the global newspaper downturn, but has the reality of falling circulation and ad

11. Age readers call for Kirk, Walker to be "unloaded"
(The Campaign/In The News)

...d of directors Ron Walker: "Crikey suggested on 16 June that plunging share prices might prompt major shareholder John B Fairfax to unload Ron Walker and David Kirk. Customer service for pun...

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

...l crisis and 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, ...

13. 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

14. Another Fairfax editor sacked
(The Campaign/In The News)

THE Sydney Morning Herald's editor, Alan Oakley, yesterday became the fourth editor of a major Australian metropolitan newspaper to depart his job in as many months, as Fairfax Media faced a new ro

15. The axe falls at Fairfax
(The Campaign/In The News)

Five hundred and fifty staff at Fairfax are to go in a major restructure. Management said they were largely immune from the global newspaper downturn, but has the reality of falling circulation and

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

...ya Media, 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 div...

17. David Kirk quits as Fairfax boss
(The Campaign/In The News)

...ember 10. The Sydney Morning Herald's editor, Alan Oakley, yesterday became the fourth editor of a major Australian metropolitan newspaper to depart his job in as many months, as Fairfax Media ...

18. Paper shuffle continues
(The Campaign/In The News)

THE media's tumultuous year continues, with the stepping down of the sixth major daily newspaper editor yesterday, and the prospect of a seventh departure within days. The chief executive and publ

19. Dividends, Debt Remain Key Issues For Fairfax
(The Campaign/In The News)

...anagement upheaval is just one of the issues facing the media company at present. One of the other major issues is the level of group debt, which is generating an increase in calls from investo...

20. Rivers run dry
(The Campaign/In The News)

FAIRFAX Media's so-called "rivers of gold" -- the print classifieds at its two major newspapers, The Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne's The Age -- took a pounding in December, with sub