‘Chain reaction’ after power outage takes down Fairfax websites and hits print production
Fairfax’s websites and newspapers have been disrupted after its Sydney headquarters were hit by a power problem on Sunday night.
How the AFR home page looks today
Websites for the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Australian Financial Review were down or interrupted for several hours.
At the time of posting, afr.com.au’s home page was empty. (10.40am update: The site is now back up)
Unbelievably poor service from AFR Digital. Not even a message to its subscribers.
Huh?! Fairfax’s statement ignores the fact that they have back-up generators and that they seem to have failed.
Please ask the question.
I live in Pyrmont and there was no power outage for us yesterday…
And I think this raises the question about the role Tony Abbott has playing.
“Down down, Fairfax is down”. (Apologies for not posting this cheap and derivative gag in a more timely fashion.)
Beautifully timed to coincide with last night’s Australian Story.