An Australian analyst for Credit Suisse tells The Australian (a national daily owned by a rival, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.) says he expects Fairfax Media, owner of the Herald and The Age, to “formally outline its plans for a move to a digital only weekday model for the metro titles.”

While Fairfax Media has indicated in the past that ending print runs of weekday papers could be part of a long-term strategy, a spokesman for the chain said that “We have no plans to change from daily printing and we expect that to be the case for some years into the future.”