Fairfax Media Limited - Premium Company Report Australia

24-06-2012, 27 pages

Fairfax Media Limited is a Public Company that is ranked number 152 out of the top 2000 companies in Australia. The company generates the majority of its income from the Publishing (except Internet and Music Publishing) in Australia industry.

In 2012 the company generated total revenue of $2,339,188,000 including sales and other revenue. In 2012 Fairfax Media Limited had 8416 employees in Australia including employees from all subsidiaries under the company's control.

The Chief Executive of Fairfax Media Limited is Mr Gregory Hywood whose official title is Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director. The Chairman of Fairfax Media Limited is Mr Roger Corbett whose official title is Non-Executive Chairman.

Fairfax Media Limited's operations can be grouped as follows:

Australian Publications: The Fairfax Metropolitan, Regional and Community Newspaper business unit includes the major metropolitan mastheads The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun-Herald and The Age; regional newspapers The Herald in Newcastle, the Illawarra Mercury in Wollongong, and the Warrnambool Standard; Fairfax General Magazines, including Good Weekend, Sunday Life, theage (Sydney) magazine, theage (Melbourne) magazine, and Travel & Leisure; Fairfax Digital and its news and classified sites; and Group Operations, which is responsible for the printing and distribution of Fairfax's publications.

Specialist Media: This division publishes business and finance titles in Australia, including the Australian Financial Review and Business Review Weekly (BRW), and agricultural publications in Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

New Zealand Digital: Trade Me is New Zealand's leading internet business and accounts for over 65% of New Zealand's web traffic. The Trade Me websites includes an auctions and classified advertising site, leading motors and property sites, as well as sites for dating (Find Someone), community (Old Friends) and rental accommodation.

New Zealand Publications: NZ publications include The Dominion Post and The Press; The Sunday Star-Times and the Sunday News; magazines including Cuisine and NZ House & Garden; and a news and classifieds internet operation, stuff.co.nz. Fairfax New Zealand Ltd also publishes over 60 community newspapers.

Broadcasting: Fairfax holds metropolitan radio licenses in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.

Other investments: Fairfax has several investments in associated companies and joint ventures involved in the newspaper publishing, online, distribution and broadcasting industries.

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