The San Diego Union-Tribune

"The Evening Tribune" redirects here. For the New York newspaper, see The Evening Tribune (Hornell).

The San Diego Union-Tribune
May 23, 2015, front page
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Digital First Media
Founder(s)William Jeff Gatewood
PublisherRon Hasse[1]
EditorLora Cicalo[2]
Founded1868; 156 years ago (1868) (as The San Diego Union)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters600 B Street
San Diego, California, United States
Circulation121,321 Daily
160,154 Sunday (as of 2017)[3]
ISSN1063-102X
Websitesandiegouniontribune.com

The San Diego Union-Tribune is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in San Diego, California, that has run since 1868. 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.[4]

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.[5] The sale was completed on June 18, 2018.[6] In July 2023, Soon-Shiong sold the paper to Digital First Media, a company owned by Alden Global Capital.[7]

  1. ^ City News Service (July 21, 2023). "San Diego Union-Tribune editor announces he is leaving newspaper". KPBS. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  2. ^ MediaNews Group (August 4, 2023). "Lora Cicalo named senior editor of The San Diego Union-Tribune, Katie Musolf tapped to head advertising revenue division". LinkedIn. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "U-T print circulation continues downward spiral". San Diego Reader. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  4. ^ Beutner, Austin (March 15, 2015). "LA Times, Union-Tribune Combine Forces". The San Diego Union-Tribune.
  5. ^ "Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong reaches deal to buy L.A. Times, San Diego Union-Tribune". Los Angeles Times. February 7, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  6. ^ "tronc, Inc. Announces Closing of the Los Angeles Times and The San Diego Union-Tribune Sale" (Press release). Chicago: Tronc. June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Weisberg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).