The dismantling of libertarian media chain
Freedom Communications Inc. continues today with the announcement
that all of the company’s Florida and North Carolina newspapers
have been sold to Halifax Media
Group.

Halifax, which owns 16 newspapers primarily in the Southeast,
says it will offer employment to all existing workers at the
newspapers as they transfer ownership. The deal is expected to
close in 30 days.

We
previously reported on the sale of Freedom’s Midwest and Texas
properties in May. Once these sales are complete, the remains of
Freedom will include only The Orange County Register in
California, The Gazette in Colorado Springs, four smaller
daily newspapers in California, one smaller daily in Arizona, and
the ancillary products they produce.