Digital First Says Register to Remain ‘Local and Independent’

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Digital First Media, the new publisher of the Orange County Register and Riverside Press-Enterprise, says the two papers aren’t going anywhere despite laying off 71 people last week, reports the Los Angeles Daily News. Ron Hasse, president and publisher of the newly formed Southern California News Group now publishes 11 daily newspapers (including the Daily News), and promises to keep them “local and independent,” knocking down rumors of consolidation.

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