One of California's leading newspapers, the Orange County Register, is laying off staff, reducing the amount of news in the paper and cutting other costs due to a steep decline in profits. In a memo to the staff last week, editor Ken Brusic told of a 14% drop in revenue and a 38% drop in profit from the year before. The paper, owned partly by a privately-held company, Freedom Communications, and partly by private equity firms Blackstone Group and Providence Equity Partners, has a daily circulation of just over 300,000. (Via Los Angeles Times)
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