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Editor's note
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Even when we know the death is coming, it’s still a terrible shock. So writes Denis Muller about yesterday’s announcement that Channel Nine and Fairfax Media would merge to create a new company, Nine. The merger has been enabled by the federal government’s reforms brought in last year, which allow cross-media ownership between newspapers, radio, television and online.
There is still much about this merger that we do not know. We don’t know how Fairfax’s dearly-held editorial independence will fare under the merger, nor do we know what will happen to its much-lauded investigative unit, which has broken some of the most significant and important stories in Australian media in recent years. As Muller writes, this is the final chapter in a long story of mismanagement by Fairfax boards, and has “all the elements
of Greek tragedy: heroism in the creation of the company, then a combination of comedy, pride, stupidity, greed, arrogance and hubris to bring it down”.
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Amanda Dunn
Section Editor: Politics + Society
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There is a huge question mark over the future editorial quality of the newspapers after the merger.
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Denis Muller, University of Melbourne
The merger signals the death of Fairfax, and is the most consequential change in Australian media ownership in 31 years.
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Politics + Society
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Yee-Fui Ng, Monash University
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
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Bridget Griffen-Foley, Macquarie University
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
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Denis Muller, University of Melbourne
The merger signals the death of Fairfax, and is the most consequential change in Australian media ownership in 31 years.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
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Health + Medicine
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Susan Luckman, University of South Australia
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Science + Technology
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Briardo Llorente, Macquarie University
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Business + Economy
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Cities
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FactCheck
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Environment + Energy
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Andrew King, University of Melbourne; Ben Henley, University of Melbourne
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Education
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