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State theatre companies call on Fairfax to support arts journalism

Australia's nine largest theatre companies have rallied to support arts journalism in an open letter to Fairfax Media CEO Greg Hywood.

9 May 2017

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The open letter is the latest salvo in the #fairgoFairfax campaign, which aims to overturn the decision by Fairfax Media executives to axe 125 editorial jobs in its metropolitan mastheads. This represents a quarter of the editorial workforce in its metro division and includes the bulk of specialist arts writers and editors.

The full text of the letter, released on Tuesday, is published below.

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