The San Diego Union-Tribune is a daily newspaper in San Diego, California, USA covering local news, sports, business, politics and community events.
The newspaper is published seven days a week.
It is one of the best American media outlets, according to Mondo Times members.
The San Diego Union-Tribune is the leading daily newspaper in San Diego, California, covering local news, events and the opinions of people in the Southern California city next to the U.S./Mexico border.
The newspaper has been traded and flipped many times in recent years and has suffered from the resulting disruptions. The Union-Tribune came about from the 1992 merger of The San Diego Union (founded in 1868) and the Evening Tribune (founded in 1895). In 2009, the Copley family of La Jolla sold the newspaper to Platinum Equity, a private equity firm. In December 2011, Platinum sold the newspaper to MLIM, LLC, a company owned by local hotel developer Doug Manchester.
In October 2012, the U-T purchased the North County Times and it merged into the U-T in an edition specific to North County news and information called U-T North County Times.
In January 2012, the paper changed its name to "U-T San Diego," but it was changed back to the San Diego Union-Tribune after the Tribune Publishing Company bought the newspaper group in May 2015. In June 2018, the Union Tribune was again sold to biotech billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong along with the Los Angeles Times and the smaller papers of the California News Group.
Most recently, on July 10, 2023 private equity company Alden Global Capital bought the Union-Tribune from Soon-Shiong and added it to the Alden-controlled MediaNews Group. Alden Global invests in distressed financial assets.
Circulation estimate: 98,058
The San Diego Union-Tribune is one of the highest circulation newspapers in the USA.
This newspaper is owned by MediaNews Group, Inc.
| Book editor: | Michael Rocha |
| Business editor: | Diana McCabe |
| Entertainment editor: | Michael Rocha |
| Sports editor: | Ryan Finley |
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Very Good (10 votes)Private Equity Company Alden Global Capital Downsizes The San Diego Union-Tribune
-- On July 10, 2023, private equity company Alden Global Capital bought The San Diego Union-Tribune from Los Angeles billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who had acquired it in June 2018 as part of a larger deal including The Los Angeles Times. Alden Global invests in distressed financial assets and controls newspaper publisher MediaNews Group, which owns hundreds of American newspapers including about 80 in California.
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Tribune Publishing Company Buys San Diego Union-Tribune
-- May 21, 2015: Tribune Publishing Company has completed the purchase of MLIM, LLC, the owner of The San Diego Union-Tribune (UT San Diego) and nine community weekly newspapers in San Diego County, California. The purchase price was $85 million plus the assumption of obligations for a single-employer pension plan. Tribune Publishing paid $71 million in cash, after working capital adjustments, and issued...
Todd Adams becomes sports editor at U-T San Diego, replacing Jay Posner, who was named arts and entertainment editor there, effective August 2012. Adams previously served as college sports editor for the Orlando Sentinel and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. U-T San Diego Begins Digital Subscriptions, Price Increases After First Month
U-T San Diego Owner Makes No Apologies for Pushing Political Agenda
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-- Roughly six months after U-T San Diego CEO John Lynch said 'You Change Now or You Die', the newspaper announced that it would begin charging for online access.
Users can access 15 articles per month for free. After that, a digital subscription costs a mere 99 cents a week -- for the first month.
Then, online access runs $3.49 a week. Print plus online subscriptions (Wednesday through Sunday print publication) cost...
-- "We are doing what a newspaper ought to do, which is to take positions," Doug Manchester told the New York Times. "We are very consistent -- pro-conservative, pro-business, pro-military -- and we are trying to make a newspaper that gets people excited about this city and its future."
As described in Newspaper as Business Pulpit, Manchester, who bought the San Diego Union-Tribune in 2011 and re-named it U-T San...Also in California...
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