In shocking news, Crikey is reporting that Fairfax’s Michael West is getting the boot:
Senior business reporter Michael West, whose work appeared in the Business Day sections of the Sydney Morning Herald and Age, is leaving Fairfax today.
West confirmed his compulsory redundancy but declined to comment further. In a tweet after this piece was published online, West wrote: “Told my skill-set not aligned with Fairfax strategy going forward.”
Our sympathies, Michael, if there was ever a less deserving redundancy it is this one.
This only confirms what we have long argued, that Fairfax the journalism house is dead, replaced by Domainfax the real estate agent. In that realm, hard hitting business analysts are only a liability.
Australia’s political economy is in deep trouble.
