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LA Observed

Orange County Register: Let the Bidding Begin

The news is still up in the air for the struggling parent of the Orange County Register.

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By Kevin Roderick • Feb 9, 2016 • 4m Listen

The news is still up in the air for the struggling parent of the Orange County Register. When Aaron Kushner’s Freedom Communications began its descent into debt and despair, a lot of folks started wondering who would be there to pick up the pieces. Which company would bid on it? But despair at other publications has made for an even more convoluted story, one that Kevin Roderick from LA Observed has been watching closely.

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    Kevin Roderick

    LA Observed

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    Benjamin Gottlieb

    Reporter, Fill-in Host

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