Ann: NZM: Fairfax NZ merger process and NZME results date, page-9

Judging by this morning's rumour file contribution on 3AW, it seems that FXJ will formally announce the cessation of publication of its daily M-F newspapers, at least in Melbourne and quite likely also in Sydney next Wednesday. The weekend papers would still be published but not the weekday issues. The only element of doubt concerning the rumour was the reference to "broadsheet" of which there are none in the FXJ stable (both The Age and the SMH used to be but aren't anymore). Conversely, The Australian is still a broadsheet, but this is unlikely as News has already reported its results whilst FXJ is due to report its Half Year results next Wednesday. This will make it interesting depending in particular what the replacement model looks like. .