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More job cuts, a reprieve and an expansion

By Julie Starr | Published: June 24, 2011
Fairfax to lay off 45 advertising make-up staff in NZ New Zealand’s biggest newspaper proprietor, Fairfax Media is looking to lay off up to 45 staff by outsourcing their jobs to India, and to also close its printing site at Blenheim, where it publishes the Marlborough Express. “The company is considering outsourcing routine advertising make-up [...]
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‘Why not make the Indy a magazine?’

By Julie Starr | Published: April 16, 2008
If you haven't caught up with the appointment of former Observer editor Roger Alton as editor of the UK's Independent, here's a nice piece from the Guardian's Peter Wilby. And then comes this blog post from Richard Addis with a few suggestions for Alton as to what he might do with the Indy once he gets his shoes under the desk: Launch a daily magazine instead...
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