Will America’s third-largest newspaper group sell as a single unit or a collection of smaller clusters? And what would lead someone to buy newspapers in 2014, anyway?
The troubled paper has a new (interim) publisher, whose experience is in the casino business. Is there a bigger plan at work, or is Aaron Kushner just lurching from idea to idea?
More than 200 newspapers are up for sale — as one group, in clusters, or one by one. Where they go could have a big impact on how the industry will look in the coming years.
The company, including flagship papers in Los Angeles and Chicago, now stands on its own. Can it navigate the next stage of its life — potentially into a new owner?
The future is digital, of course — but in the present, the revenues generated by print are absolutely critical to supporting local newsrooms. So it makes sense to pay attention to print strategy.
In less than two years of ownership, Aaron Kushner has changed strategies like changing lanes. A new round of cost cutting suggests the route to sustainability is still uncertain.
Doctor, Ken. "The newsonomics of the Orange County Register’s swerves all over the freeway." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 4 Jun. 2014. Web. 24 Jan. 2025.
APA
Doctor, K. (2014, Jun. 4). The newsonomics of the Orange County Register’s swerves all over the freeway. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved January 24, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/06/the-newsonomics-of-the-orange-county-registers-swerves-all-over-the-freeway/
Chicago
Doctor, Ken. "The newsonomics of the Orange County Register’s swerves all over the freeway." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified June 4, 2014. Accessed January 24, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2014/06/the-newsonomics-of-the-orange-county-registers-swerves-all-over-the-freeway/.
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