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| The Local Paper With a Global View | |
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | DBG Media |
| Founder(s) | David Mark Greaves and Bernice Elizabeth Green |
| Founded | February 1996; 30 years ago (1996-02) |
| City | Brooklyn, New York |
| Country | United States |
| Website | www |
Our Time Press is a progressiveBrooklyn-based African-Americancommunity newspaper.[1][2] Co-founded by David Mark Greaves and Bernice Elizabeth Green and owned by DBG Media, publishers of Our Time Press, Inc. a privately held company.[3] As of 2016[update] the newspaper has a circulation of about 20,000 copies.[4][5]
Greaves described it as "an African-American paper. We speak from an African-American perspective, or at least try to..." The focus is on downtownBrooklyn throughFort Greene,Clinton Hill,Bed-Stuy,Crown Heights,Flatbush, andBrownsville, though the subtitle is, "The Local Paper with the Global View."[6] It is the largest African-American owned and operated newspaper in Brooklyn.[7]
In 2000, the paper was described as "probably one of the most important progressive publications out there,"[1] Greaves is the son of the documentary filmmakerWilliam Greaves.[8][9] Bernice Green is the daughter of community activist Janie Green.Errol Louis used to write a column for the paper.[10] The paper has a sister publication,Our Time at Home created by Green.[11]
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