DETROIT, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Real Times Media (RTM), a multimedia company focused on urban news and entertainment which includes the nation's largest African American-owned newspaper and digital media operation, has signed on as the latest partner of Interactive One Studios, a division of Interactive One, which assists external brands with developing highly profitable digital businesses through world-class sales, platform, content and distribution services.
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"Partnering with Interactive One Studios presents a tremendous opportunity for the Real Times Media digital platform," said Hiram E. Jackson, CEO, Real Times Media. "For the past few years our company has had a laser focus on transitioning our traditionally print business model into a more robust digital platform. We've been able to make significant headway on our own; however, this partnership with iOne Studios will certainly help us to reach new levels of success."
Under the terms of the partnership, Real Times Media will migrate its Atlanta Daily World (www.AtlantaDailyWorld.com), Chicago Defender (www.ChicagoDefender.com), Michigan Chronicle (www.MichiganChronicle.com), Memphis Tri-State Defender (www.TSDMemphis.com), and New Pittsburgh Courier (www.NewPittsburghCourier.com) websites to Interactive One's proprietary content and mobile platforms. The transition will benefit the Real Times Media brands through increased audience reach, world-class advertising, media management and operations, guaranteed uptimes and tech support, and a unique set of features and functions that have made the channels within the Interactive One network a leader in the space.
"Real Times Media and its newspapers have a rich tradition and deep community relationships," said Alfred C. Liggins III, CEO of Radio One, Inc., the parent company of Interactive One. "That tradition, those relationships and the power of digital, which is the great equalizer for traditional Black and New Urban audiences, put them on firm footing for a bright future."
Real Times Media is the latest addition to the Interactive One roster of partners, which includes Russell Simmons' GlobalGrind.com, NBC News' theGrio.com and Tom Joyner's BlackAmericaWeb.com, among others.
ABOUT REAL TIMES MEDIA
Real Times Media is a multi-media company focused on urban news, lifestyle information, and entertainment. Built on iconic brands whose legacies extend back more than 100 years, its family of companies include Who's Who Publishing Company, the premiere platform for celebrating African American achievement, the nation's largest African-American owned and operated news organization including the Atlanta Daily World (www.AtlantaDailyWorld.com), Chicago Defender (www.ChicagoDefender.com), Michigan Chronicle (www.MichiganChronicle.com), FrontPage Detroit (www.FrontPageDetroit.com), Memphis Tri-State Defender (www.TSDMemphis.com), and New Pittsburgh Courier (www.NewPittsburghCourier.com) and RTM Digital Studios, , archival image licensing arm which houses more than 2 million photos, articles and other artifacts documenting the past 100 years of the African American experience.
ABOUT INTERACTIVE ONE
Interactive One is one of the fastest growing digital companies reaching millions of Black and Latino Americans each month. With approximately 3 billion annual page views on its suite of sites, the company has become the definitive online resourcefor the urban community through its suite of social, local radio and content offerings such as HelloBeautiful (www.HelloBeautiful.com), the fastest growing lifestyle resource for today's Black woman; NewsOne (www.NewsOne.com), which provides up to the minute, comprehensive coverage of newsworthy events relevant to Black Americans across the country and the world; TheUrbanDaily (www.TheUrbanDaily.com), the eyes and ears for the urban community looking for what's hot online, on the airwaves, in theaters, and on the street; GIANTlife (www.GiantLife.com), the definitive urban lifestyle brand for Next Generation tastemakers and icons Elev8 (www.Elev8.com) a site devoted to elevating the mind, body and spirit, ZONA de Sabor (www.Zonadesabor.com), the new online destination for today's urban Latino who wants to stay current on entertainment and celebrity news in the Latino community and our social platform anchored by the iconicBlackPlanet (www.BlackPlanet.com), the newly launched BlackPlanetNEXT (www.BlackPlanetNEXT.com), andthe new BlackPlanet RADIO (www.BlackPlanetRadio.com),the digital industry's first social radio website created fortheAfrican American community.
Interactive One was launched by Radio One, Inc. in 2008 to complement Radio One's existing portfolio of media companies targetingBlack Americans. Since its launch, Interactive One has quickly become the #1 online platform for the African American and urban community.
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