Media and ASX Announcements

Latest announcements from
Fairfax Media Limited
ACN 008 663 161

DECEMBER 2000

December 6 , 2000

• Statement by Fred Hilmer on the Reopening of Access to The Age and Sydney Morning Herald Websites in China

NOVEMBER 2000

November 23, 2000

• Presentation to Institutional Investors by Mark Bayliss, Chief Financial Officer, Singapore and Hong Kong, 22-23 November 2000

November 23, 2000

• Statement re AMWU industrial action at The Age, Melbourne

November 9, 2000

• Statement in response to media reports regarding f2 Limited

November 3, 2000

• Fairfax denies bid for UK Publisher: Regional Independent Media Group

November 3, 2000

• Remarks of Brian Powers, Chairman, and Fred Hilmer, CEO, to the 2000 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Sydney, November 3, 2000

OCTOBER 2000

October 24, 2000

• Fairfax announces senior appointments

October 13, 2000

• Fairfax Presentation to Analysts, New York 11-13 October, 2000

October 4, 2000

• Fairfax Full Financial Report 2000

SEPTEMBER 2000

September 20, 2000

Fairfax signs new 10-year newsprint agreement with Norske Skog

September 5 , 2000

Results for the financial year ended 30 June 2000

• Fairfax announces record profit and 34% increase in earnings per share pre abnormals
• Announcement
• Appendix 4B (rule 4.13(a)) Half yearly/preliminary final report
• Financial Results Briefing 30 June 2000 presentation
  

September 2 , 2000

• Agreement reached on cooling-off period in industrial dispute

September 1 , 2000

• Fairfax implements lockout in labour dispute
  
  

AUGUST 2000

August 21 , 2000

• Fairfax mastheads go global with PressPoint
• PressPoint Retail Locations
• PressPoint Hotel Partners
  

August 14 , 2000

• Annual Result for Year ended 30 June, 2000 to be announced 5 September 2000
  
  

JULY 2000

July 28, 2000

• Fairfax Business Publications to launch BusinessOnline in Australia

July 27, 2000

• Fairfax acquires Community News in Victoria

July 6, 2000

• The Media Report, Radio National, Transcript of Interview with Fred Hilmer, CEO of Fairfax, on media policy
  
  

JUNE 2000

30 June, 2000

• Steve Harris, Publisher of The Age to assume responsibility for custom magazines

29 June, 2000

• Statement by f2 Limited on acquisition of theSPOT by David Jones

28 June, 2000

• Transcript of remarks by Fred Hilmer, CEO, on Media Policy and Fairfax's Future
• Video of Fred Hilmer's address
  

13 June, 2000

• Fred Hilmer - Fairfax CEO delivers a 38 minute video address to the World Association of Newsapers - Rio conference. Hilmer outlines Fairfax current and future business initiatives including mastheads, internet and spectrum acquisition/datacasting.
  

9 June, 2000

• Fairfax suspends datacasting trial in Sydney - Canberra trial in doubt due to pending legislation

8 June, 2000

• f2 and Macquarie Bank form joint venture to offer investment services online.

MAY 2000

30 May, 2000

• f2 Limited has ended its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with eisa Limited

26 May, 2000

• Fairfax Submission on Digital Television and Datacasting Bill,
  Senate Committee on Environment, Communications, Information Technology, and the Arts, May 2000.

24 May, 2000

• Institutional Roadshow Presentation by CEO Fred Hilmer and CFO Mark Bayliss, May 22-26, 2000, UK and US

14 May, 2000

• Interview with Chief Executive Officer Fred Hilmer, Business Sunday, Nine Network

11 May, 2000

• Statement by John Fairfax Holdings
  Fairfax has determined not to proceed with a proposal to publish a free afternoon commuter newspaper in Sydney and Melbourne.
  

APRIL 2000

13 April, 2000

• f2 investment in eisa and Ozemail portal
• Presentation to Industry Conferences, by Nigel Dews, CEO of f2
• f2 and eisa sign deal for Ozemail Portal
  
  

5 April, 2000

• Presentation by Nigel Dews, CEO of f2, on f2's activities and growth, at industry conferences in Sydney on March 29 and 31, 2000
  
  

MARCH 2000

31 March, 2000

• Fairfax wins ABA approval of datacasting trial
  
  John Fairfax Group Finance Pty Limited prices a five-year $150 million issue of Senior Fixed Rate Medium Term Notes in the domestic market

30 March, 2000

• John Fairfax Holdings Limited announced today the launch of a 5-year A$150 million fixed rate bond issue by its subsidiary, John Fairfax Group Finance Pty Limited

24 March, 2000

• Fairfax to expand Chullora plant and printing operations
  

23 March, 2000

• John Fairfax Group Finance Pty Limited announces that it will be conducting domestic roadshows, with a view to undertaking a new medium term note issue from its existing A$750 million Promissory Note and Medium Term Note programme

15 March, 2000

• Fairfax takes equity stake in News Alert LLC

14 March, 2000

• LookSmart and CitySearch join forces to bring Australian customers and businesses together

FEBRUARY 2000

18 February, 2000

• Results for the half-year ended 31 December 1999
• Announcement: Media Release with statement by Fred Hilmer, CEO of Fairfax
• Statement by Nigel Dews, CEO, f2.
• Analyst's presentation

16 February, 2000

• Westpac and f2 Limited in Online Alliance
  
  

JANUARY 2000

27 January, 2000

• Amazon.com establishes relationship with f2

19 January, 2000

• CNBC Asia interview with Fred Hilmer, CEO, John Fairfax Holdings

18 January, 2000

• Fairfax response to article in today's Australian Financial Review
• CitySearch Confirms Significant Growth and Expansion Plans

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