Tag: Sydney Morning Herald
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Something Happened: How Dan Nolan Would Run Fairfax
If you’re at all interested in the state of media in Australia you probably would have heard that Fairfax has laid out a new strategy for how it is going to survive in the age of the internet. They’re changing to a tabloid format to save paper, people are getting fired left, right and centre,…
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Tharunka’s Big Ol’ Journo Crossword
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Media Changes to Hit Journalism Students
The recent cuts at Fairfax have caused panic in newsrooms all over Australia with almost two thousand job losses for the papers affected. While it has been an expected decline for over a decade, the sudden shift in Fairfax’s approach to the problem caught many by surprise. While Peter White, Senior Lecturer for Journalism at…
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Gina Rinehart Eats Fairfax
Gina Rinehart announced today her intention to acqure all remaining shares in Fairfax Ltd, giving her effective editorial control over the Sydney Morning Herald and the Financial Review. In a decision that surprised many media experts, but not several psychologists who’ve been tracking Rinehart for years, it was announced the Herald would immediately cease publishing…
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Opinion: Media Ownership in Australia
Tumblr and blog accounts of late have featured a parody cover of the Sydney Morning Herald, in reaction to Gina Rinehart’s increased ownership of Fairfax Media. The online masthead of the Sydney Mining Herald shouts “Perth: Australia’s Real Capital,” the featured visual image has Miranda Kerr on the catwalk wearing coal, and other headlines include…