founded january 2003 2003 01 headquarters buhl building suite 1300 535 griswold street detroit michigan 48226 united states area served atlanta chicago detroit memphis pittsburgh metro areas products weekly newspapers and other publications catering to the african american community website realtimesmedia.com real times media llc is the owner and publisher of the chicago defender the largest and most influential african american weekly newspaper as well as five other regional weeklies in the eastern and midwestern united states . its headquarters are in midtown detroit . the company was founded in january 2003 by a consortium of chicago and detroit business leaders to take over the assets of sengstacke enterprises inc. the longtime owner of five of the papers . contents 1 history 1.1 sengstacke enterprises 1.2 real times 2 corporate affairs 3 holdings 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit sengstacke enterprises edit robert sengstacke abbott founded the chicago defender in 1905 billing it the world s greatest weekly . the defender served the growing african american community of chicago which was often ignored by the mainstream newspapers of the day . sengstacke also used the defender as a means to grow the community writing stories about northern city life that enticed african american residents of the southern united states to move to chicago a phenomenon that came to be known as the great migration . like other giants of the contemporary black press the defender enjoyed substantial circulation across the nation . 1 abbott s nephew john h. sengstacke who became publisher in 1940 was a founder of the national negro publishers association later renamed the national newspaper publishers association nnpa which now has 200 member black newspapers . on february 6 1956 the defender became a daily newspaper and changed its name to the chicago daily defender the nation s second black daily newspaper after the atlanta daily world founded in 1928 . it published as a daily until 2003 when new owners converted the defender back to a weekly . sengstacke also built his newspaper into a chain . he had previously established the michigan chronicle in detroit in 1936 2 and turned the chicago paper s memphis bureau into the tri state defender weekly newspaper in 1951 . 3 in 1965 he purchased the assets of the recently defunct pittsburgh courier and started the new pittsburgh courier this chain became known as sengstacke enterprises inc. or sei . following sengstacke s death in 1997 sei was held in a family trust until 2003 when it was sold for nearly 12 million to real times a group of investors with several business and family ties to sengstacke . 4 real times edit the globe tobacco building at one time housed the company headquarters amid the uncertainty over the sei papers futures sengstacke had left instructions that the papers were to be sold upon his death but the search for the right buyer took six years longtime michigan chronicle publisher sam logan left the paper in 2000 and in may of that year formed a competing weekly the michigan frontpage . 5 logan was one of the investors in real times and the company continued to publish frontpage alongside the four sengstacke titles . in 2012 the atlanta daily world which despite its name is now published weekly merged with real times ; its publisher said the sale would give the world more multimedia resources calling it truly a new beginning for the paper . 6 corporate affairs edit the company has its headquarters in midtown detroit . 7 at one time its headquarters were in the globe tobacco building in downtown detroit 8 and later the buhl building in downtown detroit . 9 holdings edit real times publishes six weekly newspapers in five different markets atlanta daily world website of atlanta georgia chicago defender website of chicago illinois michigan chronicle website of detroit michigan the michigan frontpage of detroit michigan new pittsburgh courier website of pittsburgh pennsylvania tri state defender website of memphis tennessee the company also owns rtm digital studios a videography company and a large archive of newspaper clippings artifacts and photographs connected with african american history . in 2009 real times purchased who s who publishing company of columbus ohio which publishes biographical and networking guides for and about african american businesspeople in 25 cities across the country . 10 see also edit history of the african americans in metro detroit references edit desantis alan 1998 . selling the american dream myth to black southerners the chicago defender and the great migration of 1915 1919 . western journal of communication . 62 4 474 511 . doi 10.1080 10570319809374621 . keating patrick october 6 2010 . chronicle to clock 75 . michigan chronicle . retrieved may 3 2012 . webb arthur l. january 4 2006 . celebrating 55 years tri state defender then and now . tri state defender . via highbeam research . retrieved may 3 2012 . subscription required chicago defender black owned newspaper is finally sold . jet . via highbeam research . february 10 2003 . retrieved may 2 2012 . subscription required smith jennette may 8 2000 . despite risks publications still seek comfortable niche . crain s detroit business . via highbeam research . retrieved may 3 2012 . subscription required atlanta daily world newspaper joins real times media . new pittsburgh courier . via highbeam research . march 14 2012 . retrieved may 3 2012 . subscription required contact us . archive real times media . retrieved on december 11 2013 . real times media 479 ledyard detroit mi 48201 home . archive real times media . june 17 2007 . retrieved on december 11 2013 . headquarters the globe building 407 e. fort street suite 410 detroit mi 48226 home . archive real times media . december 3 2007 . retrieved on december 11 2013 . headquarters the buhl building 535 griswold street suite 1300 detroit mi 48226 real times media acquires who s who publishing . realtimesmedia.com . february 6 2009 . retrieved july 7 2012 . external links edit metro detroit portal companies portal journalism portal company website v t e real times inc. newspapers atlanta daily world the chicago defender michigan chronicle the michigan frontpage new pittsburgh courier tri state defender related topics african american newspapers great migration national newspaper publishers association v t e african american press newspapers active african american news and issues atlanta daily world atlanta inquirer atlanta voice baltimore afro american bay state banner black chronicle the call call and post the carolina times the charlotte post chattanooga news chronicle the chicago defender cincinnati herald dayton defender the facts the final call florida sentinel bulletin the florida star frost illustrated gary crusader houston defender houston forward times indianapolis recorder ink newspaper iowa bystander jackson advocate los angeles sentinel the louisiana weekly louisville defender michigan chronicle the michigan citizen the michigan frontpage muhammad speaks new journal and guide the new orleans tribune new pittsburgh courier new york amsterdam news northern kentucky herald the oakland post omaha star philadelphia tribune richmond free press richmond post roanoke tribune the sacramento observer the st. louis american st. louis argus st. louis sentinel san francisco bay view savannah tribune the skanner seattle medium tennessee tribune tri state defender the village beat the washington afro american the washington informer the washington sun defunct boston guardian california eagle chicago bee the city sun the cleveland gazette the colored american new york city the colored american washington d.c. dallas express the equator freedom s journal indianapolis freeman the liberator louisville leader negro world the negro star new york age north star the philadelphia independent pittsburgh courier the rights of all the washington bee western appeal the winter park advocate the woman s era magazines black enterprise black issues book review blk clutch the colored american magazine the crisis ebony emerge essence the fader fire the grio the horizon jet king the negro digest right on the root sister 2 sister tint transition magazine visions metro weekly organizations national association of black journalists national newspaper publishers association corporations perry publishing and broadcasting real times see also national association of black journalists hall of fame retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title real times & oldid 743440721 categories real timesafrican american presscompanies based in detroitcompanies established in 2003newspaper companies of the united stateshidden categories pages containing links to subscription only content navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search 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