Stop the Presses: How Greed, Ambition, Incompetence and the Internet Are Wrecking Fairfax

Stop the Presses: How Greed, Ambition, Incompetence and the Internet Are Wrecking Fairfax by Ben Hills


Authors
Ben Hills
ISBN
9780733331930
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
400
Dimensions
163 x 241 x 35mm

A decade ago Fairfax Media was one of the most powerful institutions in the country; staffed by gun reporters, funded by its 'rivers of gold', offering up high quality, fearless journalism. Since then, it has become a car wreck in slow motion.

But how did it come to this? Why did one overpaid, underwhelming manager after the ext fail to see the future coming - or come up with a coherent plan? Why were they fighting with each other rather than fighting to save the company? And what was happening to journalism in the meantime?

In his dramatic, no-holds barred book, Ben Hills exposes the characters who took Fairfax to the brink of destruction - the dynastic princes, the acolytes, the self-interested, the would be owners waiting in the wings. He tells the sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious tales of what unfolded behind boardroom doors and at team bonding retreats. And he asks if the trail of greed and incompetence could have been avoided. More than just another Fairfax book, Stop the Presses tackles vital issues around the death of independent media and the rise of the Internet age and asks what the price will ultimately be for democracy itself.
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