Freedom Communications

Freedom Communications, Inc. was an American media conglomerate that operated newspapers, magazines, television stations and websites across the United States. Raymond C. Hoiles organized the company in 1950 and headquartered it in Santa Ana, California, but later relocated to Irvine. Its flagship title was the Orange County Register. Under Hoiles and his two sons, the company embraced a Libritarian philosophy in its editorial content. Hoiles died in 1970 and the company was then managed by his heirs. The Hoiles family lost control of Freedom Communications after it declared bankruptcy in 2009. Investment firms then sold off most assets, with the name and seven titles purchased by private equity firm 2100 Trust, established by investor Aaron Kushner. The company went bankrupt a second time in late 2015 and its two remaining newspapers were sold at auction in 2016 to Digital First Media.