Champagne and jokes as Fairfax chief hits the long winding road | The Weekly Beast

Greg Hywood takes his leave as the publishing empire is swallowed by Nine. Plus: a glimpse of Herald Sun rationale

Fairfax Media chief executive Greg Hywood threw himself a lavish farewell party with Pommery on tap and a live band at Carriageworks in Sydney on Wednesday night.

The former journalist invited about 300 current and former editors, executives and senior journalists from the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Australian Financial Review to send him off at an event he dubbed The Long and Winding Road. Even those he’d fallen out with or who had long left the once great publishing empire were brought back into the fold.

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