Beverly Hills Buyout Firm To Acquire San Diego Union-tribune

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Wed, 03/18/2009 - 12:46am

La Jolla-based Copley Press Inc. is selling its flagship paper for an undisclosed sum. Platinum Equity expects to complete the purchase during the second quarter. Owners of the San Diego Union-Tribune, one of the largest daily newspapers in California, said today that the publication would be sold to a Beverly Hills private equity firm.

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