Fairfax Media has confirmed it will not sign its journalists up to cover next year's Commonwealth Games under the current accreditation rules.

Fairfax, publisher of The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times, is the latest media organisation to take such action due to the strict coverage rules imposed by the Commonwealth Games Federation designed to protect the TV rights of host broadcaster Channel Seven.

Fairfax Media will not sign up for Games 2018 accreditation under the current terms. Credit:Toby Crockford

"We will not be signing up for Commonwealth Games 2018 accreditation under the current terms and rules required," a Fairfax spokesperson said on Tuesday.

The restrictions compel publishers to obey a 30-minute delay for broadcasting content collected at news conferences and limit digital news bulletins to a maximum of 60 seconds a day across no more than three bulletins a day.