1911 headquarters north richmond sydney nsw australia key people john b. fairfax chairman peter a. roach director products newspapers revenue a 307 million 2006 1 website www.ruralpress.com rural press limited was an australian media company which owned approximately 170 newspaper and magazine titles the canberra times being the most prominent . these were predominantly in rural australia though it also owned a number of agricultural publications in the united states and new zealand . it also owned radio stations in regional south australia and queensland a range of australian classified advertising websites and australian commercial printing plants . on 6 december 2006 it was announced that rural press limited and john fairfax holdings would merge to form a new company estimated in value at 12 billion . 2 under the deal the family company of rural press chairman john b. fairfax who did not have an interest in the company bearing his family s name would take a 13.5 per cent stake in the merged entity . this was just short of a controlling interest but gave fairfax a potential blocking stake if publishing and broadcasting limited news corporation the seven network or a private equity raider embarked on a hostile takeover as had been widely anticipated following the federal parliament s passage of new media laws on october 18 2006 . 3 the merger with fairfax was completed on 8 may 2007 . 4 the land edit the land is an australian rural newspaper founded in 1911 and was also the original name of the rural press limited until 1981 . 5 references edit rural press limited half year report december 2006 . knight elizabeth stakes raised in media s cold war the sydney morning herald 7 december 2006 . long stephen fairfax rural press announce plan for merger abc radio national 6 december 2006 . rural press fairfax officially merged the age 9 may 2007 . careerone rural press external links edit official website no longer maintained v t e fairfax media national and metropolitan newspapers the age the canberra times the dominion post nz the press the sydney morning herald the sun herald regional newspapers the advocate bendigo advertiser the border mail central western daily the courier the daily advertiser daily liberal the examiner illawarra mercury maitland mercury manning river times the marlborough express the nelson mail the newcastle herald northern daily leader parramatta sun the queanbeyan age the scone advocate the southland times sunday news the sunday star times taranaki daily news the timaru herald waikato times financial review group asset the australian financial review brw boss cfo mis smart investor online brisbane times stuff.co.nz watoday other australian associated press 47 % cuisine fairfax new zealand macquarie radio network 54.5 % streamco 50 % tv guide new zealand weatherzone this article about an australian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a publishing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rural press & oldid 647212273 categories newspaper companies of australiacompanies based in sydneymagazine publishing companies of australiaaustralian company stubspublishing company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 07 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view