Final bids for Register's parent company due

Tribune, MediaNews Group, and private-equity firms Gores Group and Plaitnum Equity are said to be circling with Thursday's deadline to bid on Freedom Communications, the Wall Street Journal reports. The story says that bidders can separate out the Register and other newspapers from the TV stations. The potential bidders include stakeholders in the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Newspaper Group and San Diego Union-Tribune, suggesting that the local media ownership picture could get even more interesting.