Furloughs at the Register*

The company that owns the Orange County Register has ordered that nearly all employees at its 100 or so newspapers take a one-week, unpaid furlough between April 1 and June 30, Editor & Publisher reports. Freedom Communications announced the plan in a memo dated March 17. OC Register

*Updated: Furloughs and layoffs. From the Register:

Register Publisher Terry Horne said the layoffs would occur over the next few weeks, but he did not have an exact number.