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More Turmoil in Local News
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."
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThis 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." That's according to Kevin Roderick of the online site LA Observed.com and a contributor to KCRW. The new man in charge at Freedom is Rich Mirman, former casino marketing executive, who's been running the Register's day-to-day operations since October.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Sáša Woodruff
Producer, 'To the Point'
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Kevin Roderick
LA Observed
Richard Mirman
Freedom Communications
Gabriel Kahn
Professor at USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Publisher/editor of Crosstown LA
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