Antony Catalano dismisses paywalls as answer to newspaper decline; no guarantees on jobs pledges to grow former Fairfax regional mastheads

Former newspaper copyboy and one time Fairfax Media high flyer Antony Catalano has pledged to grow the 160 regional mastheads he has bought from Nine Entertainment. 

Mr Catalano is yet to reveal his strategy for Australian Community Media but does not believe paywalls are the answer in a fading print environment. 

Mr Catalano would give no firm guarantees about job cuts, but told ABC's Peter Ryan he will be reviewing the operations of the regional empire once owner by Fairfax Media.