that the Register's circulation had dropped to 80,000 on weekdays and 180,000 on Sundays. Editorial stances The Register was notable for its generally libertarian-leaning editorial page. It generally supported free markets and social liberties, though at least some on the editorial board said they would not call it libertarian. Although it sometimes supported Republican politicians and positions, it was the largest newspaper in the country to have opposed the Iraq War from the beginning and opposed laws regulating issues such as prostitution and drug use. It was one of a handful of newspapers that opposed the internment of Japanese aliens and Japanese-Americans during World War II. It also opposed Proposition 8 in 2008, which proposed to define the word "marriage" in the California Constitution to mean between a man and a woman definitively. After the Digital First purchase of Freedom Communications, the Registers editorial page was merged with that of the Los Angeles Daily News and Digital First's other papers in the region to form a single editorial board for the Southern California News Group on regional and national issues. Other publications In addition to publishing The Orange County Register, Southern California News Group publishes OC Family magazine, Coast magazine, and the following affiliated weeklies: Anaheim Bulletin of Anaheim Coastal Current (North and South editions) of Newport Beach North County News Tribune of Fullerton Irvine World News of Irvine Laguna Woods Globe of Laguna Woods Saddleback Valley News of Lake Forest/Mission Viejo The Wave of Huntington Beach Online content On April 1, 2013, The Orange County Register began providing its online content through a metered paywall. Most online content required a subscription, with the exception of local weather, traffic, Associated Press or non-Register articles, and a few select local news articles. As of October 2015, the website does not have a paywall and online content is free. As of May 2018, the paywall has been reinstated. See also OC Weekly References External links Orange County Register Online Education (An Online Education Information Portal) OCExcelsior.com (sister publication) Freedom Communications flagship profile of The Orange County Register Daily newspapers published in Greater Los Angeles Mass media in Orange County, California Digital First Media Pulitzer Prize-winning newspapers Companies based in Santa Ana, California Newspapers established in 1905 1905 establishments in California Freedom Communications Libertarian publications