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Due to some duplicate roles being filled, this affected 92 people. Fairfax chief executive Greg Hywood and direct reports such as chief financial officer David Housego and general counsel Gail Hambly will also leave on Friday. Nine has said it won't cut any editorial jobs — for the time being. If you'd like some expert background on an issue or a news event, drop us a line at explainers smh.

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Pyrmont, Australia. Application Software. She also sought a position on the Fairfax board and by June she had increased her stake in Fairfax Media to But the mining magnate is believed to have wanted more — she reportedly sought three board seats and involvement in editorial decisions.

She attempted to lobby smaller Fairfax shareholders to support her bid for board seats and to make signing the charter of independence optional for directors, but was not successful.

Despite reports she considered a full-takeover of Fairfax, she eventually sold her stake in The same year Fairfax acquired Netus Pty Ltd which owned 85 percent of Allure Media — which owns a range of websites such as the Australian licenses for Business Insider, Lifehacker, Gizmodo and Kotaku - and grabbed the remaining 15 percent from minority shareholders. In , Fairfax joined forces with Nine Entertainment Co to found online streaming company Stan — of which both companies own 50 percent.

The laws passed the Senate in September. Just a week ago, Fairfax Media entered a deal with long-time rival News Corp to print both of its various newspapers at the same centre.

While Nine Entertainment Company NEC has only listed as a publicly listed company since October , its history as the operator of Channel 9 dates back to the s.