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Media and marketing

Fears for Fairfax's South Australian country newspapers

The future is uncertain for Fairfax Media’s extensive network of newspapers across regional South Australia after the company agreed to be taken over by Nine Entertainment.

Media and marketing

Turnbull backs Nine-Fairfax merger

Regulators will look at the merger of Fairfax Media and the Nine Network but it is unlikely to face any hurdles, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says.

Media and marketing

New Australian media giant: Nine to swallow Fairfax

Nine Entertainment will merge Fairfax Media into its platform under a $2.2 billion deal that has stunned the Australian market.

Business

TV writedown drags Nine to more than $200m loss

Nine Entertainment has slipped to a first-half loss of $236.9 million after falling TV revenue and a big writedown against its free-to-air network.

Business

Nine bounces back, but warns of challenges ahead

Nine Entertainment has bounced back from last year’s huge loss with a full-year profit of $324.8 million, but warned that the outlook for the free-to-air TV ad market remains challenging.