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Fairfax Media editorial director Sean Aylmer has threatened journalists with repercussions for going on an unauthorised seven-day strike after Wednesday's announcement that a quarter of the journalistic staff would be cut to effect savings of $30 million.

Vodafone wants to pull itself out of the red by supercharging its Red plans with either a free 6 or 12 month Spotify OR free 6 or 12 month SMH or The Age mobile subscription depending on the Red plan chosen.

Fairfax Media, the only serious news print competitor to News Limited, has all but thrown in the towel to the online juggernaut, announcing a massive restructuring. In addition to cutting nearly 2000 jobs - many of them journalists - the two flagship broadsheet publications SMH and The Age will be reduced to tabloids and have digital paywalls introduced.

The Sydney Morning Herald's Metro section announced today its revamp to allow for greater integration with its iPad app and to focus on delivering critics' choices on the best entertainment and events each week.

An Australian travel website is super excited about Fairfax Media's new iPad apps for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, because they've been able to lay out their content in a friendlier iPad app style - wOOt?

Fairfax Media's new iPad apps have arrived, and they're nice, slick apps that present text, images and video in a nicer manner than the SMH and Age websites, but is it really revolutionary?