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Post by Bundy on Jun 18, 2012 19:38:07 GMT 10
This is bad news for all those affected by the decision to announce job losses at Fairfax. www.theaustralian.com.au/media/fairfax-slashes-jobs-goes-tabloid/story-e6frg996-1226398372154It has been on the cards for awhile now that there would be a dramatic and overwhelming shift from focusing mainly on newspaper publications and detailed reporting to what now will be little more than digital only tabloid news reporting. One person who will be more worried about this decision than most would be a certain FPR fan... |
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Post by donk on Jun 18, 2012 19:53:39 GMT 10
This is bad news for all those affected by the decision to announce job losses at Fairfax This is not good at all, but it also a sign of things to come with print media. One person who will be more worried about this decision than most would be a certain FPR fan... It's obvious this person you know is involved with Fairfax. Hope things pan out for him/her as it's not good to see anyone in this position |
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Post by Bundy on Jun 18, 2012 19:56:09 GMT 10
One person who will be more worried about this decision than most would be a certain FPR fan... It's obvious this person you know is involved with Fairfax. Hope things pan out for him/her as it's not good to see anyone in this position I wouldn't say that but he is at the very least an avid follower. |
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Post by crikey on Jun 19, 2012 18:07:31 GMT 10
The loss of Jobs is never good, But for some reason it doesnt bother me that much because its Journos   |
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Post by Bundy on Jun 19, 2012 21:27:57 GMT 10
The loss of Jobs is never good, But for some reason it doesnt bother me that much because its Journos Yeah most of us could write the garbage that they mostly come up with  ;D |
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Post by Bundy on Jun 20, 2012 20:03:17 GMT 10
The opposite side of the coin as News today announced a re-structure - going to focus more on what Fairfax is becoming which is tabloid online news reporting but without the sheer extent of job losses and no printing closures. Meanwhile, I also heard that News wants to up its take in foxtel from its current 50% to 75% by buying out the share that is owned by James Packer for a reported $2 billion. I say go for it...pay television I can't see it being all that lucrative a business www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/news-to-combine-divisions-in-costcutting-sweep-20120620-20nfe.html |
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Post by crikey on Jun 20, 2012 20:27:10 GMT 10
So does all this mean that they want people to start paying for the news online?
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Post by donk on Jun 20, 2012 20:46:59 GMT 10
So does all this mean that they want people to start paying for the news online? Pretty Much  |
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Post by HDT05 on Jun 20, 2012 23:08:50 GMT 10
What happened with the Newcastle paper, they were saying something about it going to NZ ?? Can't remember the whole story, Hamish you may know more?
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Post by Bundy on Jun 21, 2012 0:09:54 GMT 10
So does all this mean that they want people to start paying for the news online? Pretty Much Thats why I stopped going to the Herald Sun for my AFL stories...it will soon be the telegraph too for league |
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Post by crikey on Jun 21, 2012 9:20:45 GMT 10
Pretty Much ...it will soon be the telegraph too for league Same here Bundy. I cant see myself paying for news over the internet to be honest. |
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Post by donk on Jun 21, 2012 18:05:11 GMT 10
I wont buy any of the papers anymore!
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Post by crikey on Jun 21, 2012 19:05:53 GMT 10
I wont buy any of the papers anymore! I cant remember the last time I bought a paper. So does that mean you will pay for news online? |
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Post by donk on Jun 21, 2012 19:10:29 GMT 10
I wont buy any of the papers anymore! I cant remember the last time I bought a paper. So does that mean you will pay for news online? No, I will ban the lot of it for the 1900 peoples! |
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Post by HDT05 on Jun 21, 2012 21:33:55 GMT 10
When you have apps and such, what's the point of having a paper? **** it I give up! |
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Post by Bundy on Jun 21, 2012 22:49:17 GMT 10
When you have apps and such, what's the point of having a paper? **** it I give up! Thats it.... I basically just use my 'weather and news' app on my phone for all the important, breaking news. ****...I actually get more content doing it that way because if I just usually went to the site they probably have it locked and you need to subscribe to see it. |
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Post by Bundy on Jun 25, 2012 16:59:34 GMT 10
Looks like the days of the all conquering editor are about to die with these fairfax lay-offs. No more will we see deep, considered journalistic judgment as to what stories they will investigate in-depth or run as front page top stories, it will all be dictated by what is deemed most popular and what other news sites have got as their main stories and what's is even worse for the independence of the profession is that the government is looking at ways of regulating and controlling it... m.heraldsun.com.au/business/breaking-news/fairfax-eds-go-readers-suffer-analyst/story-e6frf7ko-1226407966560 |
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Post by donk on Jun 25, 2012 18:26:59 GMT 10
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Post by Bundy on Jun 25, 2012 19:00:45 GMT 10
Lets hope they can find a job somewhere else  |
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Post by Bundy on Jul 13, 2012 23:14:08 GMT 10
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