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Fairfax down to 45c and Gina trying to offload her stake (that she bought at about 80c per share). Ouch.

Oh indeed it does...but this is always a problem with big companies where management are not related to the founders or major shareholders. Look at how much major law firms charge their BHP/RIO etc clients - they don't care cause the person approving it at BHP/RIO doesn't give a **** either as...

I had a latte this morning, was OK but not that good. In any case, to answer your question, editors make judgment calls all the time on content to publish. If people are so worried about her influence they should start their own publishing business. They are free to do so but I don't think...

You're right - 18% is not a majority. But you know that under the Takeover laws here you can only get to 20% before you are prohibited from purchasing any more stock unless you launch a takeover bid. So 18% is pretty influential - and that influence is entitled to spread to the editorial content...

Well I don't own any Fairfax shares and I don't like anyone, government or otherwise, trying to tell me how or what to think. However, ultimately Fairfax is a publicly listed company and so it must comply with the rules of the ASX and the Corps Act. Directors cannot simply nilly-willy keep...

Well you always have the non-Gina Rinehart press like News Corp, ABC etc. It's not like Fairfax controls other media outlets like TV, radio etc the way they do with newspapers.

FXJ was a great penny stock to trade back in 07/08. A bit too low now though the spreads are 1% now which is bad for day trading.

Buying an existing one would be the same thing as starting her own one.