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OC Register, LA Daily News signal shift to nonprofit ownership amid newsroom cuts

LOS ANGELES - The Southern California News Group, which includes the Orange County Register and Los Angeles Daily News, is pushing back against its owner, Digital First Media, calling for public support in the face of steep cuts that have hollowed out its newsrooms.

A series of opinion articles published in print Sunday across the local chain urged readers to pay for professional journalism and pondered a nonprofit ownership model that "plows proceeds back into smart local reporting and civic engagement."

In 10 articles that went online Friday, editors and current and former reporters didn't mention Digital

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