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Category Archives: fairfax
Poorly surveyed
I got this email just now, it’s so ugly I thought I’d follow the link to see how bad the survey was. I took the extra time to take pictures and write comments. The landing page as not too … Continue reading
The best form of imitation: Rugbyheaven.co.nz and SuperXV.com
Fairfax NZ’s Rugbyheaven.co.nz site has been subsumed into the Stuff site. It’s all about making sure the traffic goes to one place (Stuff), and beating the total traffic and visitors at NZHerald. I was inside Fairfax Digital at the time, … Continue reading
Goodbye Trade and Exchange
Michael Carney picks up that Trade and Exchange has finally given up on publishing in print. They ceased to be relevant a number of years ago, and will not be missed today. However Trade and Exchange were the Trade Me … Continue reading
NZ Magazine Readership numbers
The Roy Morgan newspaper and magazine readership numbers are out. I created some charts to read the Magazine numbers better – so here they are. They show the differences between 2007/8 and 2008/9 readership numbers. Click on the images for … Continue reading
Posted in fairfax
Tagged 2008/9, APN, Magazine circulation, media, new zealand, Roy Morgan
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Is Stuff cut off from the world?
For the last few days I’ve failed to get anything from Stuff.co.nz. Sure I am in Mozambique but NZHerald and everything else is working just fine, while others in DC and Singapore have hinted at the same problem. I’ve tried … Continue reading
Posted in fairfax, media
12 Comments
USA’s loss of trust in news
Fairfacts confirmed in a post a little while back that his idea of fair is the same as that of Fox News . He did it though while commenting on a particularly interesting series of research. The research is a … Continue reading
Posted in fairfax, media, NZ Business
2 Comments
Stuff – remove the TVNZ video on Bridget Saunders
I’d heard about the Close Up interview with Fairfax’s recently departed Sunday Star Times About Town gossip columnist Bridget Saunders. It looked like it was a bit of a hit-job. The last place I would have thought to see it … Continue reading
eBay should buy Trade Me, but they won’t
Apparently rumours are circulating about Trade Me and eBay – not that I heard about them until just now. Mod has squashed them anyway, but oh what fun. The problem is that eBay traditionally purchases auction sites, then brings over … Continue reading
Deliver newspapers only on Thu, Fri & Sun?
Gannett’s Detroit Free Press and Detroit News are apparently thinking of home delivering only on Thursday, Friday and Sundays – the three most lucrative days. On other days readers will be able to buy abbreviated single issues at news-stands, and … Continue reading
TVNZ’s New site – December 08 version
TVNZ launched their new site yesterday. It’s a refreshing change, and a good one. It’s pretty similar to one I look at to get West Australian News Both of those screenshots are the entire height of my little mac portable. … Continue reading
Trade Me has added at least $3 billion to the NZ economy
A persistent, err, troll over at Bernard Hickey’s blog post on Trade Me and Australia asks an interesting question: “How is Trade Me a productive NZ asset? The answer requires just a little bit of economics, and it is really … Continue reading
Posted in auctions, Business, fairfax, Internet Business, NZ Business, Trade Me
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David Kirk leaves Fairfax
Really sad news. David did a great job running Fairfax Media. The purchase of Trade Me was the highlight for NZ. The Rural Press purchase was at a great price, but probably a bite too far.
Posted in Business, fairfax
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New site TheVine shows what really interests “18-29s”
Fairfax Digital Australia and youth publisher LifeLounge have launched a new site: Thevine.com.au, “aimed at 18-29 year olds”. Now like everyone I’d hate to be in a “target market” and I suspect, like “young adult literature”, the real target is … Continue reading
Posted in fairfax, Internet Business, media
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Real Estate is falling – what happens next?
The housing crash is cascading around the world, and the dire predictions are coming true. Here’s the latest chart from The Economist – check out Ireland on the bottom. That’s a crash, not a “balanced slump”. Meanwhile Trade Me just … Continue reading
Posted in Business, fairfax, Global Macro Trends, Investing, Trade Me
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Juha Exposed
Separated at birth? or just related. We find out a ittle more about who is behind that mask: Juha/Bach is blogging over at Stuff…








