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The newsonomics of the Orange County Register’s contrarian paywall
Get your hot dogs. Get your beer. Get your newspaper. Step right up. As Opening Day comes to the Big A in Anaheim on Tuesday, you can now expect to hear that barker’s call in Orange County. In what is...
View ArticleThe newsonomics of the Orange County Register’s (new, newer, newest) plan
Think you know what’s going in Orange County and southern California, as Aaron Kushner’s Freedom Communications unveils surprise after surprise? Think again. The most watched news-investment experiment...
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Six things to consider about the new Los Angeles Register
The last time a daily paper launched in L.A. was back in the Carter administration. The Valley Green Sheet, a green newsprinted shopper that would get thrown on my doorstep a few times a week, morphed...
View ArticleThe newsonomics of the Orange County Register’s swerves all over the freeway
Pity Aaron Kushner’s poor driving instructor. We can easily imagine the then-16-year-old’s driving inclinations as he first took the wheel. Heavy on the gas. Lightning quick on the brakes. The art of...
View ArticlePrint still matters, even if some would like to believe it shouldn’t
I have to say, I find it funny to be called an apologist for the legacy news industry, as Clay Shirky suggested in an overnight post. Ask Steve Forbes or Lex Fenwick what they think about that, given...
View ArticleKen Doctor: How interim is everything about the Orange County Register?
Lots of words come to mind to describe Aaron Kushner’s Orange County Register. The best one may be the title that’s been given to Kushner’s successor as CEO and publisher: interim. Can we call the...
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