Financially doomed, it was sold to H. B. McCallum, who then returned it to daily publication and converted it from an afternoon to a morning paper.

The Union then combined with the Daily Times to form The Florida Times-Union, whose first edition was published on February 4, 1883.

The Florida Times-Union newspapers are now printed at The Gainesville Sun and The Daytona Beach News-Journal, which are both owned by Gatehouse Media.

[6] On April 1, 2019, The Florida Times-Union moved to the Wells Fargo building at 1 Independent Drive, Suite 200 in downtown Jacksonville.

In 1983 Morris Communications of Augusta, Georgia, acquired the Florida Publishing Company for $200 million.

[9] In October 2017 Gatehouse Media acquired the Times-Union from Morris Communications, in conjunction with numerous other papers across the country, for $120 million.