[LINK] Whatever happened to Fairfax?

[Jan Whitaker]

At 09:13 PM 18/06/2012, David Boxall wrote:
>And Fairfax will reduce its editorial workforce on the two papers by
>around 25% from roughly 800 to 600.
>
>In tandem, Kim Williams, the chief executive of News Ltd, is expected to
>announce the most radical restructuring of the entire News Ltd workforce
>with a reduction of up to 1,500 staff.

Considering FF is reducing their staff 1500, is this a race to the 
bottom of how many people each of the big newspapers can sack first?

That FF is moving to tabloid size and putting up a paywall, I guess 
I'll be getting my news from overseas soon, or all from ABC.

Jan



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