Thursday, January 17, 2008

Post Toasted

OC Post to combine with Irvine World News

The OC Post, the local quick-read newspaper launched in August 2006, will merge with the Irvine World News in February.

February’s change ends an 18-month newspaper experiment targeting busy Orange County residents who want local news, but in a more compact, quicker-to-read format. The Post featured short stories, typically four or five inches long, and the pages were punctuated with color and graphics.

It is a format with a mixed track record. It proved successful in commuter-oriented areas like Chicago and Washington, D.C. and throughout Europe but the A.M. Journal Express in Dallas folded after six months. [Click for MORE]

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