LOS ANGELES >> The U.S. Department of Justice will exercise its antitrust powers if the owner of the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune purchases the Orange County Register and Riverside Press-Enterprise.
"Based on our review to date, the (Antitrust) Division believes that the acquisition of the Freedom assets by Tribune Publishing Company poses a serious risk of harming newspaper readers and advertisers in Orange County and Riverside County," Assistant Attorney General William J.