Which Way, L.A.?
Failed Print Dreams at the OC Register
The "white knight" who rode in to rescue the Orange County Register three years ago has resigned all executive duties. Where did Aaron Kushner go wrong? What's in store for readers of the Register, the Riverside Press Enterprise — and the LA Times, which reportedly wants to buy UT San Diego, even though Times' profits are down by 54%? We look at print journalism's local future.
By Warren Olney • • 27m ListenThe "white knight" who rode in to rescue the Orange County Register three years ago has resigned all executive duties. Where did Aaron Kushner go wrong? What's in store for readers of the Register, the Riverside Press Enterprise — and the LA Times, which reportedly wants to buy UT San Diego, even though Times' profits are down by 54%? We'll look at print journalism's local future.
Also, Walt Disney's dream come true. "The Happiest Place on Earth" is on the way to making Tomorrowland real — thanks to wrist band technology.
Photo: Eric Spitz, left, and Aaron Kushner stepped down from the Orange County Register's top leadership positions on Tuesday (Leonard Ortiz/OC Register)
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This week, Aaron Kushner and Eric Spitz — co-owners of Freedom Communications — both resigned all their executive duties at Freedom and its subsidiary, the Orange County Register. Kushner was seen, "just a couple of years ago, as the white knight who might save all of newspapering from digital doom."
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