Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 19 & 22 : 18-May-16

Investment bank Credit Suisse is believed to have held meetings with private equity firm KKR regarding the acquisition of Fairfax Media. However, the media group itself was not involved in the talks, and KKR was not interested in a buyout. Providence Equity Partners and Hellman & Friedman are other private equity firms that could potentially be interested in Fairfax. Any buyer of the media group would most likely divest or cease publishing its print newspapers and focus on Fairfax’s digital assets, including Domain.

CORPORATES
FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, CREDIT SUISSE (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED, KKR AND COMPANY LP, PROVIDENCE EQUITY PARTNERS INCORPORATED, HELLMAN AND FRIEDMAN, DOMAIN.COM.AU, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, MACQUARIE MEDIA LIMITED – ASX MRN, SEVEN MEDIA GROUP PTY LTD, APN NEWS AND MEDIA LIMITED – ASX APN, NZME, GRABONE, THE RADIO NETWORK