OC Register eliminates staff by 5 percent

The Orange County Register and its affiliated publications are laying off between 80 and 90 employees because of declining advertising revenue, according to reports from the newspaper.
Publisher Terry Horne said declines in real estate and classified job advertising have created a short-term financial problem that forced the cutbacks, which are scheduled to be completed today.
This is the third round of layoffs in a year for Orange County Register Communications, the umbrella brand for the Register newspaper, web sites, magazines and other community publications. The company also completed a voluntary severance program to cut staff in 2006.
In this round of layoffs, managers protected basic reporting and editing staff and targeted high salary employees, so that fewer people were laid off.
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