as his most profitable newspaper, "fat with local and national advertising", with a weekly circulation of 43,582. Inheritance tax bills and provisions in Sengstacke's will made it likely that the chain would be sold, but it was administered by a trust in the interim. Amid the uncertainty over the Chronicle ownership, longtime publisher Sam Logan left the paper in 2000 and in May of that year formed a competing weekly, The Michigan FrontPage, which he envisioned as "a weekend read", published on Fridays. The Chronicle and its sister papers were finally sold in 2003, to Real Times Inc., a group of African-American business leaders from Chicago and Detroit. Logan returned as publisher of both the Chronicle and the FrontPage'', which became part of the group. Logan died in late December 2011. Hiram Jackson, president of Real Times Inc., was appointed interim publisher in his place. See also History of the African-Americans in Metro Detroit References External links Michigan Chronicle Website African-American history in Detroit African-American newspapers Newspapers published in Detroit Publications established in 1936 1936 establishments in Michigan