Press Releases Archive

June 26, 2009
Statement from Bob Johnson Founder of Black Entertainment Television on the Death of Michael Jackson

June 3, 2009
Robert L. Johnson Announces Grand Opening of New Liberian Resort Hotel

February 10, 2009
Caribbean CAGE and Scientific Games Sign Strategic Alliance to Pursue Video Lottery Gaming in the Caribbean and Latin America

December 8, 2008
The RLJ Companies Founder Robert L. Johnson Outlines Preliminary Business and Programming Model for Urban Television Venture with ION Media Networks

December 8, 2008
OTS National Housing Forum Remarks by Robert L. Johnson

November 25, 2008
ION Media Networks, Inc. and Urban Television, LLC

October 29, 2008
Rufus H. Rivers appointed to National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) Board of Directors

October 22, 2008
Bob Johnson, Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf and Delta Air Lines Jointly Announce New Flight Service Delta Expands Africa Presence with First-Ever Flight from the U.S. to Monrovia, Liberia

October 7, 2008
The RLJ Companies and the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Conclude Finance Protocol to Accelerate Investment in Liberia

September 26, 2008
Goldman Sachs Announces New 10,000 Women Partnership

September 22, 2008
RLJ-McLarty-Landers Automotive Group Acquires Little Rock Harley-Davidson Dealership and Two Additional Locations; Acquisitions Expand Automotive Group Holdings

September 9, 2008
Former Clinton Campaign Media Director Joins the RLJ Companies

August 12, 2008
Devry Inc. Announces Changes to Board of Directors, Lisa Pickrum Nominated to Fill Board Vacancy

April 8, 2008
Arena, Television Agreements Reached; Bobcats, Time Warner Cable, Fox Sports Strike Unprecedented Deal

February 13, 2008
The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc. and RLJ Development, LLC Announce Hotel Portfolio Closing

January 14, 2008
RLJ Development, LLC Closes the RLJ Real Estate Fund III, L.P. with $1.2 Billion in Equity Commitments

December 4, 2007
Business Pioneer Bob Johnson’s Our Stories Films Strikes Marketing Alliance with Cricket Communications

July 26, 2007
Ford and Business Mogul Robert L. Johnson's Exclusive New Partnership to Tell ‘Our Stories’

May 31, 2007
RLJ Announces Its Gaming Division, Caribbean Cage LLC, Has Been Awarded a Long-Term VLT Management & Equipment Agreement in Barbados

May 16, 2007
RLJ Companies Founder Contributes $100,000 to Education in Liberia

May 14, 2007
Liberia's Moment of Opportunity

April 30, 2007
RLJ Companies' Founder Leads Historic Business and Cultural Mission to Liberia

January 24, 2007
Urban Trust Bank to Open Bank Branches Inside Select Wal-Mart Supercenters

July 13, 2006
The RLJ Companies Launches Our Stories Films in Association with the Weinstein Company

March 15, 2006
Robert L. Johnson to Acquire Metro Bank

February 13, 2006
RLJ Development, LLC Agrees to Acquire 100 Hotels from White Lodging Services for $1.7 Billion

January 31, 2006
The RLJ Companies Adds Top Executives in Private Equity and Hedge Fund Ventures

December 13, 2005
Robert L. Johnson and The Carlyle Group to Form Private Equity Firm

December 1, 2005
The RLJ Urban Lodging Fund, L.P. Reaches Milestone of Owning Seventeen Hotels

November 21, 2005
Robert L. Johnson to Create Asset Management Venture with Deutche Asset Management