{"id":1848,"date":"2013-06-06T09:43:19","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T23:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onlyaustralia.com.au\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2013-06-06T09:43:19","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T23:43:19","slug":"weekly-papers-to-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlyoz.com.au\/oa\/melbourne-business\/weekly-papers-to-close","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Papers To Close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Very sad to hear Fairfax are sacking more staff. \u00a0To be fair, Fairfax only half owns Metro Media Publishing, but 34 staff including journalists are to receive their marching orders.<\/p>\n<p>Seven\u00a0local papers in Melbourne&#8217;s south-east will close:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Knox Weekly<\/li>\n<li>Monash Weekly<\/li>\n<li>Casey Weekly Cranbourne<\/li>\n<li>Casey Weekly Berwick-Pakenham<\/li>\n<li>Maroondah Weekly<\/li>\n<li>Peninsula Weekly<\/li>\n<li>Frankston Weekly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The publisher\u2019s chief executive, Antony Catalano said the company would continue to publish the Dandenong Journal, the oldest community newspaper in Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>And it does not stop there,\u00a0Australian Associated Press announced it would sack 25 people as part of a restructure of its editorial departments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crikey.com.au\/2013\/04\/30\/fairfax-jv-sheds-staff-as-suburban-profits-dive\/\" target=\"_blank\">crikey.com.au<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ffx.adcentre.com.au\/metro-media-publishing-publications-%28vic%29.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">adcentre.com.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/yourcommunityvoice.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">yourcommunityvoice.com.au<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dandenongjournal.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">dandenongjournal.com.au<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very sad to hear Fairfax are sacking more staff. \u00a0To be fair, Fairfax only half owns Metro Media Publishing, but 34 staff including journalists are to receive their marching orders. 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