FOLLOWING an aggressive staff expansion that defied trends in the struggling newspaper industry, the publisher of the Orange County Register has announced that he is changing the management team and cutting jobs.
In a memo to staff, Aaron Kushner said 32 jobs were cut.
Among those leaving were longtime editor Ken Brusic and three of his top deputies.
Kushner and a business partner bought the paper's parent company, Freedom Communications, in 2012.
In a heavy bet on print, they increased page counts and quickly added editorial staff, nearly doubling the newsroom ranks from about 200 to 370 after the cuts.
The paper's editor, Nels Jensen, also was replaced.
"As we finish our year, we take stock in all that we have accomplished. We evaluate what worked well and what did not. And then we prepare for making 2014 a year of profitable growth," Kushner wrote to Orange County staff.
Outgoing editor Brusic, who joined the Orange County paper in 1989 and took the top editorial position in 2002, declined a request for comment.
Kushner announced that Brusic would be replaced by Rob Curley, the deputy editor.
Among Curley's newsroom leadership team is former business editor Donna Wares, who will become managing editor and lead the rollout of the Los Angeles Register.
In a story posted on its website on Thursday, the Orange County Register reported that the new daily would debut "in coming months".
Kushner also has expressed interest in purchasing the region's largest paper, the Los Angeles Times.
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