The San Diego Union-Tribune
Daily newspaper in San Diego, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The San Diego Union-Tribune is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in San Diego, California, that has run since 1868.
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Alden Global Capital |
Founder(s) | William Jeff Gatewood |
Publisher | Jeff Light |
Founded | 1868; 156 years ago (1868) (as The San Diego Union) |
Language | English |
Headquarters | 600 B Street San Diego, California, United States |
Circulation | 121,321 Daily 160,154 Sunday (as of 2017)[1] |
ISSN | 1063-102X |
Website | sandiegouniontribune |
Its name derives from a 1992 merger between the two major daily newspapers at the time, The San Diego Union and the San Diego Evening Tribune. The name changed to U-T San Diego in 2012 but was changed again to The San Diego Union-Tribune in 2015.[2]
In 2015, the newspaper was acquired by Tribune Publishing. In February 2018 it was announced to be sold, along with the Los Angeles Times, to Patrick Soon-Shiong's investment firm Nant Capital LLC for $500 million plus $90 million in pension liabilities.[3] The sale was completed on June 18, 2018.[4] In July 2023, Soon-Shiong sold the paper to Alden Global Capital.[5]