SANTA ANA, Calif. The co-owners of Freedom Communications and its flagship newspaper, the Orange County Register, have resigned all executive duties, two years after buying the company and pushing through sweeping changes. <\/p>\n
The Register reports (http:\/\/bit.ly\/1E4gurI<\/a> ) Aaron Kushner and Eric Spitz announced their decision Tuesday, although Spitz will stay on as Freedom's chairman of the board. <\/p>\n Publisher Rich Mirman has assumed executive duties as Freedom's chief executive and president. Mirman is a former casino marketing executive who has run the paper's day-to-day operations since October. <\/p>\n Kushner, Spitz and their 2100 Trust bought Freedom Communications in 2012 and focused on its print rather than its online presence. They doubled the Register's newsroom staff, bought the Riverside Press-Enterprise and launched a new paper, the Los Angeles Register, which closed after five months, leading to layoffs. <\/p>\n ___ <\/p>\n Information from: The Orange County Register, http:\/\/www.ocregister.com<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n See the original post: <\/p>\n Co-owners of Orange County Register owner Freedom Communications give up executive duties<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SANTA ANA, Calif. The co-owners of Freedom Communications and its flagship newspaper, the Orange County Register, have resigned all executive duties, two years after buying the company and pushing through sweeping changes Continue reading