Real Times

Real Times Media LLC
Company type	Private
Founded	January 2003
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.