BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.4B
- Public
- AU
Dow Jones Description
Newspaper, Magazine & Website Publisher
Chief Executive Officer
Fred HilmerNumber of Employees 7,197
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Newspaper Publishers: 511110
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Murdoch calls summit on net strategy.
- 2005-09-07
Byline: Lara Sinclair Sep 07, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Executives of multinational mass media group News Corporation will meet to discuss its internet business. ...
Murdoch's move raises question of real estate.(Just Listed )(Brief Article)
- 2004-10-10
Oct 10, 2004 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Rupert Murdoch's plan to move News Corporation from Australia to the US will succeed. Once News has shifted, Murdoch will decide whether to sell its newspaper interests in Australia and move solely into...
Fairfax takes a trans-Tasman focus with its purchase of NZ's biggest media group.
- 2003-04-16
Apr 16, 2003 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) John Fairfax Holdings has offered $A1.08 billion to acquire titles from Independent Newspapers, New Zealand's largest media company. Independent Newspapers, which was spawned from the Wellington Publishing Company, has been rapidly expanding since the 1970s...
Geelong paper keeps 'em guessing.
- 2003-04-15
Apr 15, 2003 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) "The Geelong Advertiser" was not included in the package of titles sold by Independent Newspapers INL on 14 April 2003. As a result of its exclusion from the deal done between INL and John Fairfax ...
Fairfax seals its security deal.
- 2003-04-15
Apr 14, 2003 (The Mercury - ABIX via COMTEX) John Fairfax Holdings is to acquire News Corporation's New Zealand publishing operations for $A1.09bn. The Australian newspaper publisher will buy the operations from Independent Newspapers Limited INL, which is 45 owned by News Corporation. Fairfax...
Fairfax clinches $1.09b NZ deal.
- 2003-04-14
Apr 14, 2003 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian publisher John Fairfax Holdings has agreed to a $A1.09bn deal to acquire News Corporation's publishing operation in New Zealand. After six months of negotiation, Fairfax has agreed to a cash deal with Independent Newspapers,...
Sluggish ad revenue haunts media stocks.
- 2002-08-05
Aug 05, 2002 The Age ABIX via COMTEX -- Most media stocks lost ground on 5 August 2002 following the ANZ Bank's release of its job advertisements survey. News Corporation suffered the worst fall, but this was also due to concerns about the...
Depressed US advertising market tipped to improve.
- 2001-10-14
Oct 13, 2001 The Canberra Times ABIX via COMTEX -- News Corporation chairman, Rupert Murdoch, is anticipating a lift in the US advertising market in 2002. Speaking in an interview with afr.com, the Internet service of John Fairfax Holdings, Murdoch said that News...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Fred Hilmer | Chief Executive Officer |
| Brian Evans | Managing Director & COO |
| Mark Bayliss | CFO |
| Sankar Narayan | CFO |
| Alan Revell | Managing Director |
| Linda Price | Director, Org Development |
| Peter Graham | Director, Group Operations |
| Phil Scott | Group Director, Editorial |
| Sue Zerk | Director, Marketing |
| Gail Hambly | General Counsel & Secretary |
| Mr David Shein | |
| Mr Jonathan S Pinshaw | |
| Sir Roderick Carnegie |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Mark Burrows | Deputy Chairman |
| Ronald Walker | Chairman |
| David Evans | Board of Directors |
| Dean Wills | Board of Directors |
| Julia King | Board of Directors |
| Peter Young | Board of Directors |
| Roger Corbett | Board of Directors |
Fred Hilmer is Chief Executive Officer, John Fairfax Holdings Limited. Prior to joining Fairfax he was Dean & Director of the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) in the University of New South Wales and a Director of Port Jackson Partners Limited. Prior to joining the AGSM, Mr Hilmer was a director of McKinsey & Company responsible for managing the Australian practice. He holds a degree in law from the University of Sydney, an LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of Finance where he was appointed a Joseph Wharton Fellow. In 1991 the Australian Institute of Management awarded him a special John Storey medal for distinguished contribution to the advancement of management thinking in Australia. Earlier in his career, Fred Hilmer was a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of Pennsylvania and he also practised law in Australia. He served on the Committee of Inquiry into Management Education during 1981 and 1982. He was a member of the Commonwealth Higher Education Council and Chairman of the Business Council of Australia's Employee Relations Study Group. In 1992 and 1993 he chaired the National Competition Policy Review Committee. He is Deputy Chairman of Westfield Holdings Limited. He previously served as Chairman of Pacific Power, Deputy Chairman of Foster's Brewing Group Limited and as a Director of a number of other Australian companies. He has written extensively on strategy, organisation and economic reform and is the author of a number of books, including: When The Luck Runs Out, New Games/New Rules, co-authored Strictly Boardroom, Working Relations and Management Redeemed.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Unsw Foundation Limited | Vice-Chancellor and President | Current |
| Unsw | Vice-Chancellor and President | Current |
| Working Relations | Co-Author | Current |
| Speakers Network International | Current | |
| Icmi Sa | Current | |
| Fairfax Holdings | CEO | Former |
| McKinsey & Company, Inc. | Partner | Former |
| Australian Graduate School of Management | Dean | Former |
| Agsm | Former | |
| Fairfax | Former | |
| The Business Council | Chairman | Former |
| McKinsey & Company, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Australian Graduate School of Management | Director | Former |
| Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania | Master of Business Administration Degree | Former |
| University of Sydney | Degree In Law | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fairfax New Zealand Limited | CEO | Current |
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Managing Director & COO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | CFO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Sun-Herald | CFO | Current |
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | CFO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Managing Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Director, Org Development | Current |
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Director, Org Development | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Director, Group Operations | Current |
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Director, Group Operations | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Group Director, Editorial | Current |
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Group Director, Editorial | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Director, Marketing | Current |
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Director, Marketing | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | General Counsel & Secretary | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Current | |
| Adacel Technologies Limited | Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Brambles Limited | Deputy Chairman | Current |
| The Sydney Morning Herald | Deputy Chairman | Current |
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Deputy Chairman | Current |
| Burns, Philp & Company Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Brambles Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Brambles Limited | Deputy Chairman | Former |
| Burns, Philp & Company Limited | Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Chairman | Current |
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Coca-Cola Amatil Limited | Managing Director | Former |
| Coca-Cola Amatil Limited | Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John Fairfax Holdings Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Volume | 4,526,638 |
| Shares Outstanding | 0. |
| Market Cap | 0. |
| Year High | 59.49 |
| Year Low | 7.16 |
| Earnings Per Share | 0.00 |
| P/E Ratio | N/A |
| Dividend | 0.00 |
| Yield | 0.00 |
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