Digital First Media Set to Acquire the Orange County Register

Following the consolidation of Bay Area newspapers, company is willing to pay $52.3 million for two similar Southern California assets.

After Tribune Publishing was blocked on Friday by the Department of Justice from purchasing the Orange County Register and Riverside Press-Enterprise out of bankruptcy, it now appears that a company with even more newspapers in the region will be allowed to take its place.

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A bankruptcy lawyer for Freedom Communications, the parent company of the Register and Press-Enterprise, has indicated that they plan to ask a judge on Monday to accept Digital First Media’s offer of $52.3

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