ORANGE COUNTY

Freedom Newspapers Buys Fullerton Weekly: Freedom Newspapers Inc., publisher of the Orange County Register, said Friday that it has purchased the Fullerton News Tribune. The sale price was not disclosed. Freedom said the Fullerton weekly will be published through its Golden West Publishing division and will join its network of seven community weeklies in northern Orange County. The newspaper was bought from Southern California Community Newspapers in South Gate, which publishes 32 community newspapers in the Los Angeles area, including the Buena Park News and the Cypress/La Palma News. The transaction becomes effective on Thursday.