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Introduction

2400 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60616
United States
Telephone: (312) 225-2400
Fax: (312) 225-6954

Private Company
Incorporated: 2002
Employees: 110
Circulation: 175,000/week
NAIC: 511110 Newspaper Publishers; 511120 Periodical Publishers

Real Times Inc. is the owner and publisher of the Chicago Defender, the most respected and history-laden of all publications written for the African American population. Real Times publishes the Defender daily in Chicago and also operates three other regional weekly newspapers: the Tri-City Defender in Memphis, the Michigan Chronicle in Detroit, and the New Pittsburgh Courier in Pittsburgh. Real Times' papers have a combined circulation of approximately 175,000 every week.

1. Introduction
2. Early 20th Century Origins
3. Successes and Challenges in the 1920s–30s
4. New Leadership in the 1940s
5. Industry Consolidation in the 1960s
6. Declining Fortunes in the 1980s–90s
7. Reorganization and the Birth of Real Times
8. Principal Subsidiaries
9. Principal Competitors
10. Further Reading
11. Copyright Page
12. About Page