Monday, February 23, 2009

Fairfax the latest in a long line of write downs

Australia's Fairfax corporation has posted record half year losses.

According to FT.com the group which owns 350 titles down under

After reporting a net loss after tax of A$365m for the period ended December,warned that trading conditions in the opening months of 2009 had weakened.


The losses are a result of the group writing down the values of its titles and incurring restructuring costs in relation to the media downturn as well as a slump in advertising.

Excluding the one off items profits were down 23 per cent

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