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{{Infobox newspaper
| name                = OC Post
| image               =<!-- Deleted image removed:  [[Image:OCPostApril2007.JPG|225px]] -->
| caption             = The April 20, 2007 front page of the ''OC Post'' 
| type                = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format              = [[tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]]
| foundation          = August 21, 2006
| ceased publication  = 
| price               = 
| owners              = [[Freedom Communications]]
| publisher           = Terry Horne
| editor              =  
| circulation         = 
| headquarters        = 625 North Grand Avenue<br />[[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]], [[California]] 92701<br />{{USA}}
| ISSN                = 
| website             = [http://www.ocpost.com/ OCPost.com]
}}

The '''''OC Post''''' was a daily [[newspaper]] for [[Orange County, California|Orange County]], [[California]], that existed from August 21, 2006, to February 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1249838.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060823081129/http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1249838.php |archive-date=2006-08-23 |title=News - OC Post launches today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ocbiz.freedomblogging.com/2008/01/16/oc-post-to-combine-with-irvine-world-news/ |title=OC Post to combine with Irvine World News - OC Business News - OCRegister.com |access-date=2009-07-15 |archive-date=2009-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614054911/http://ocbiz.freedomblogging.com/2008/01/16/oc-post-to-combine-with-irvine-world-news/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Chartered by [[Freedom Communications]], who also own and operate the ''[[Orange County Register]]'', it was an attempt to condense a standard newspaper into a more "modern" [[tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] format.

Unlike other new tabloid style newspapers throughout the US, the ''OC Post'' charged for its publication whether for home delivery or newsstand. The newsstand price was 25 cents, with yearly subscriptions available for $19.99.  The publisher occasionally gave out free 5-week "sample subscriptions" in selected neighborhoods, in order to build awareness of the newspaper.

''OC Post'' was charged with littering Orange County gated communities with unwanted copies of its paper scattered about in white plastic bags.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/lowballasschatter-the-return/the-oc-post-death-watch/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205101558/http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/lowballasschatter-the-return/the-oc-post-death-watch/ |archive-date=2007-12-05 |title=The OC Post Death Watch? (Navel Gazing)}}</ref>  It was reported that houses had many copies of the unwanted items, collected over several days, strewn about their yards and driveways, in spite of repeated requests to cease delivery.  The publisher claimed that the number of paid subscriptions steadily increased since the product was launched.

Production of the ''OC Post'' ended on February 9, 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ocbiz.freedomblogging.com/2008/01/16/oc-post-to-combine-with-irvine-world-news/ |title=OC Post to combine with Irvine World News - OC Business News - OCRegister.com |access-date=2009-07-15 |archive-date=2009-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614054911/http://ocbiz.freedomblogging.com/2008/01/16/oc-post-to-combine-with-irvine-world-news/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://johnseilerblogs.com/?p=530 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918081605/http://johnseilerblogs.com/?p=530 |archive-date=2008-09-18 |title=OC Post euthanized}}</ref> It merged with the ''[[Irvine Daily News]]'' and is distributed exclusively in [[Irvine, California]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ocpost.com/ OC Post.com]

{{Freedom Communications}}

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[[Category:Daily newspapers published in Greater Los Angeles]]
[[Category:Mass media in Orange County, California]]
[[Category:Newspapers established in 2006]]
[[Category:Newspapers disestablished in 2008]]
[[Category:Defunct newspapers published in California]]
[[Category:Freedom Communications]]
[[Category:2006 establishments in California]]
[[Category:2008 disestablishments in California]]


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