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OC Register parent company cutting 100 positions, including executives
Orange County Register Publisher Aaron Kushner (left) and company President Eric Spitz.
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The Orange County Register's parent company Freedom Communications announced Wednesday that it's cutting about 100 positions, including top-level executives, the Register reports.
Publisher Rich Mirman said that the cutbacks won't affect the newsroom.
"The motivation for this change is the fact that we need to make [the company] profitable," Mirman said, according to the Register. "It needs to be a business that sustains itself."
Mirman said that the company continues to lose money, the Register reports. They'll be eliminating other publications, including OC Register Magazine.
This is the latest in a list of problems for the organization, including the launch of the Los Angeles Register, which ceased publication after five months; layoffs and buyouts of many staff members; and a dispute with the L.A. Times over newspaper delivery.
Mirman, a former casino executive, took over as publisher from co-owner Aaron Kushner in October. He heads both the Register and the Riverside Press-Enterprise, which is also owned by Freedom Communications.
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