Real Times Media

CTL-E-3994 · Organization · other · 2000s-present

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Detroit-based Black media company led by CEO Hiram E. Jackson; parent of the Chicago Defender, Michigan Chronicle, New Pittsburgh Courier, Atlanta Daily World, Atlanta Tribune: The Magazine, and Tri-State Defender.

The record

Also known as: Real Times Media LLC

Notes

RELP91 supporting entity for Hiram E. Jackson affiliated_with.

Referenced by

Hiram E. Jackson — affiliated with → this record

Sources

Northwestern Local News Initiative
citybiz

Record CTL-E-3994 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: VERIFIED · 2 sources · 1 mapped relationship · CTL research: RELP-001.
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