
On January 3, 2012, the newspaper announced that it would use the name U-T San Diego "on all of our media products and communications" the newspaper's website (formerly called "SignOn San Diego" and available under ) would use the name. His group also owns the Grand Del Mar luxury resort in San Diego. Manchester built two landmark downtown hotels, the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel and the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina. The purchase price was reportedly in excess of $110 million. In November 2011, Platinum Equity sold the newspaper to MLIM Holdings, a company led by Doug Manchester, a San Diego real estate developer and "an outspoken supporter of conservative causes". The U-T nameplate was created by Jim Parkinson, a type designer who also created nameplates for The Rolling Stone, Esquire, and Newsweek. Changes included being printed on thinner, 100 percent recycled paper, moving the comics to the back of the business section, and abbreviating the title The San Diego Union-Tribune on the front page to U-T San Diego.

On August 17, 2010, the Union-Tribune changed its design to improve "clarity, legibility, and ease of use". The merged newspaper was sold to the private investment group Platinum Equity of Beverly Hills, California, on March 18, 2009. Copley Press īoth the Union and the Tribune were acquired by Copley Press in 1928 and were merged on February 2, 1992. In addition, the San Diego Union purchased the San Diego Daily Bee in 1888, and for a brief time the combined newspaper was named the San Diego Union and Daily Bee.

The predecessor newspapers of the Union-Tribune were: The San Diego Union-Tribune Building, 2018 Predecessors
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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. In 2015, it was acquired by Tribune Publishing. The name changed to U-T San Diego in 2012 but was changed again to The San Diego Union-Tribune in 2015. 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 San Diego Union-Tribune is an American metropolitan daily newspaper, published in San Diego, California. ✓ The San Diego Union-Tribune endorsed Hillary Clinton for the 2016 presidential general election.1868 (153 years ago) ( 1868) as The San Diego Union Moss (for Platinum Equity), 2009–2011Įndorsements 2016 presidential endorsement Bushyhead, 1868–1873 with various partners 1979 Breaking News Reporting: San Diego Evening Tribune for its coverage of the PSA Flight 182 jetliner collision with a small plane over North Park.1987 Commentary: San Diego Evening Tribune editorial writer Jonathan Freedman for his editorials urging passage of the first major immigration reform act in 34 years ( dead link).They also received the George Polk Award for these stories. Randy "Duke" Cunningham to prison "in disgrace". 2006 National Reporting: The San Diego Union-Tribune and Copley News Service (with notable work by Marcus Stern and Jerry Kammer), for their disclosure of bribe-taking that sent former Rep.In November 2011, the newspaper was purchased by Doug Manchester for $110 million. The Union-Tribune and are separate businesses with separate staff. The website republishes much of the Union-Tribune's content as well as publishing its own material. The result of a February 2, 1992, merger of The San Diego Union, founded October 10, 1868, and the Evening Tribune, founded December 2, 1895, it refers to itself as the oldest business in San Diego County and the second-oldest newspaper in Southern California.

The San Diego Union-Tribune is a daily newspaper published in San Diego, California.
