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Article: John Fairfax Holdings Limited
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John Fairfax Holdings Limited
235-243 Jones Street
Broadway, New South Wales 2007
Australia
(02) 282-2833
Fax: (02) 282-3133
Public Company
Incorporated:
April 9, 1955 as John Fairfax Limited
Employees:
4,340
Sales:
A$359
.1 million (US$247 million)
Stock Exchanges:
Sydney
SICs:
2711 Newspapers; 2721 Periodicals; 6719 Holding Companies, Nee
John Fairfax Holdings Limited is the holding company for an Australian publishing enterprise established more than 150 years ago. Family owned and operated until the 1990s, Fairfax is the oldest publishing group in Australia, and one of its largest. Its operations are centered around three publications
—
the
Sydney Morning Herald,
the
Age
and the
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