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John Fairfax Holdings Limited, trading as Fairfax Media, is a newspaper, magazine and website publisher operating in Australia and New Zealand. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... John Fairfax Holdings Limited (ABN 15 008 663 161) is an Australian Public Company operating in the media industry, working predominantly with newspapers. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ...

History

At its height the Fairfax empire encompassed television and radio stations in Australia, magazines (including the UK Spectator), rural and suburban newspapers, Australia's major financial newspaper (Australian Financial Review) and broadsheets (Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age).

In April 2003, Fairfax acquired New Zealand's Independent Newspapers Limited (INL), owners of many of the country's highest-profile newspapers. In December 2006, the company announced its acquisition of Rural Press Limited. Rural Press Limited owns roughly 160 newspapers and magazines, including The Canberra Times. ...

Properties

Australian newspapers

Fairfax publishes the number-two daily papers in Sydney and Melbourne, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age respectively. It also publishes a daily business tabloid, The Australian Financial Review. The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Age is a broadsheet daily newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. ... The Australian Financial Review is the leading business newspaper in Australia. ...

Fairfax also owns papers in major regional centres, including the Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong), the The Herald (Newcastle), The Border Mail and The Warrnambool Standard. In addition, Fairfax publishes 35 community newspapers serving suburban New South Wales and Victoria. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Lighthouse, Charles Mackintoshs Glasgow Herald building The Herald is a broadsheet newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland. ... The Border Mail is a daily newspaper published in Albury-Wodonga, serving it and the surrounding region. ... Capital Sydney Government Const. ... Capital Melbourne Government Const. ...

As a result of its Rural Press acquisition, Fairfax will take control of The Canberra Times and The Land. The Canberra Times newspaper was founded in 1926 in Canberra, Australia by a local family called the Shakesperes. ... The Land is the setting for the series of books by Stephen R. Donaldson called The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever. ...

Australian magazines

Fairfax publishes a number of magazines, such as the(sydney)magazine and Good Weekend, which are distributed with their newspapers. In addition, the company publishes business-centred magazines such as BRW and CFO Australia. BRW is a TLA that could mean: Black River and Western railroad (AAR reporting mark BRW) Bristol West Holdings – stock ticker symbol BRW Brunswick station – see UK railway stations - B Business Review Weekly [1] Point Barrow Observatory [2] Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport in Barrow, Alaska, USA This page...

Australian digital

Fairfax published web editions of its major newspaper titles. It also owns a number of other digital properties, including the real estate site Domain.com.au and the dating site RSVP.com.au.

New Zealand newspapers

In New Zealand, Fairfax publishes the Wellington Dominion Post, The Christchurch Press, The Waikato Times and the Sunday Star-Times. The Dominion Post is a metropolitan broadsheet newspaper published in Wellington, owned by the Australian Fairfax group, owners of The Age of Melbourne and The Sydney Morning Herald. ... The Sunday Star-Times is New Zealand newspaper published each weekend by the Fairfax group in Auckland. ...

Company

The chairman is Ron Walker, the chief executive is David Kirk. Ronald J. Walker AC CBE (born September, 1939) is an Australian businessman renowned in Melbourne for his work in managing sporting events. ... David Edward Kirk (born 5 October 1961 in Wellington) is a former New Zealand rugby player best known for having been the captain of the All Blacks when they won the inaugural Rugby Union World Cup in 1987. ...

As of October 2006, the company reported a market capitalisation of over $4 billion.