The competitor newspaper, Evening Tribune which was founded in the year 1895 when discovered that it is losing market share–decided to merge with San Diego Union Tribune. On the second day of February in the year 1992, the merger of South California took place which is of historical significance. The General Manager and Vice President of Interactive Media unit is Mike Hodges and the News Supervisor of San Diego Union Tribune is Bob Hawkins. The entire team of the newspaper is committed to delivering authentic and to the point news content to its reader and their efforts have given the paper, a status of being ‘reliably conservative’. The paper covers all the news like politics, sports, economics, entertainment, editorial columns, local and international news etc. The online free version of the paper is also available on the World Wide Web.
The newspaper San Diego Union Tribune has won various the prestigious Joseph Pulitzer prizes including the breaking news reporting for a plane crash coverage; best cartoon editorial for communicating readers a message by the use of funny sketches; editorial writing for influencing the nation regarding the immigration reforms; and an award in national reporting for exposing the bribe case of an official.