Media '08 - Presentation by David Kirk

Slide 1: MEDIA ‘08 Digital Media Innovation Conference FAIRFAX MEDIA HAS SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATED THE BUSINESS ACROSS DIVERSE MEDIA PLATFORMS David Kirk, Chief Executive Officer 7 March 2008

Slide 2: DIVERS IFICATION AND GROWTH S TRATEGIES ARE DELIVERING RES ULTS FY03 EBITDA H1 FY08 EBITDA Aust Metro Other Publishing Aust Regional & Community Aust Metro Publishing Specialist Pub’s FY07 EBITDA Aust Regional & Community Online Aust Printing Aust Metro Aust Printing Publishing Broadcasting and TV/Film Production* NZ Pub’s Specialist Pub’s Online * Includes only 2 months of Southern Cross and Southern Star trading for the period NZ Pub’s Broadcasting 2

Slide 3: FROM METRO PUBLIS HER TO LEADING MULTI-MEDIA COMPANY Unrivalled capability in digital content origination and aggregation S trongly Powerful multimedia brands pos itioned for extending audience reach changing Driving s us tained technologies and earnings per Distributing and promoting media s hare growth content across multiple cons umption platforms habits Proven new media revenue models 3

Slide 4: THE FUNDAMENTAL DRIVERS OF S UCCES S FOR A MEDIA COMPANY – WHATEVER THE MEDIUM! Compelling content creation, every minute, every hour, every day Innovative, creative advertising and content s ales Reader, viewer, lis tener, community – audience - connection and management Production and distribution excellence People development, leaders hip and s upport 4