Col Allan

Col Allan

Colin "Col" Allan (born 1953) is an Australian journalist. He served as the editor in chief of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph of Sydney, Australia and has served as editor in chief of the The New York Post since 2001.[1]

Life and career

According to a profile by Lloyd Grove, Allan grew up in Dubbo in the 1950s, preferring reading to the poor television reception in the rural area. After failing out of the Australian National University in Canberra, he took a job there at The Daily Liberal. In 1974 he moved to Sydney as a reporter for The Daily Mirror. In 1978 Allan was transferred to New York City to cover American news. His mentor Neal Travis introduced him to Rupert Murdoch during this time. In 1983, Allan returned to Australia, eventually rising to Editor In Chief of the Telegraph. He met Lachlan Murdoch, who eventually told Allan he was to replace Xana Antunes as Editor In Chief of the New York Post in 2001. Allan took responsibility for running the erroneous 2004 story that Dick Gephardt was chosen John Kerry's running mate, described by Grove as "The biggest gaffe of Allan’s reign."[2]

References

  1. ^ Blair, Jayson (24 April 2001). Editor of The Post Steps Down, Leaving Her Staff Surprised. New York Times
  2. ^ Grove, Lloyd (10 September 2007). Rupe’s Attack Dog Gets Bitten, Keeps Barking. New York Allan has focused his efforts on competing with rival tabloid New York Daily News.



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Allan Waters — (August 11, 1921 – December 3, 2005) was a Canadian businessman and media icon. Waters was one of the founders of CHUM Limited, a Canadian media corporation.Waters worked in a drug company and quit in 1954 and with partner Jerry Grafstein… …   Wikipedia

  • Col Austen — Personal information Birth 2 December 1920 Recruited from North Kew/Kew/Carlton Reserves Height and weight 175cm / 77kg Death 1995 …   Wikipedia

  • Allan MacNab — Infobox President name = Sir Allan Napier MacNab caption = The Hon. Allan Napier MacNab birth date = birth date|1798|02|19|mf=y birth place = Niagara on the Lake, Ontario death date = August 8, 1862 death place = Dundurn Castle order = Premier of …   Wikipedia

  • Allan MacEachen — Infobox CanadianMP honorific prefix =The Honourable name=Allan Joseph MacEachen | term start=1953 term end=1958 predecessor= William F. Carroll birth date= Birth date and age|1921|7|6|mf=y birth place= Inverness, Nova Scotia successor= Robert S.… …   Wikipedia

  • Allan A. Goldstein — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Goldstein. Allan A. Goldstein est un réalisateur canadien ; il a parfois utilisé le pseudo Paul Bnarbic. Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Filmographie …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Allan Stivell — Alan Stivell Alan Stivell Alan Stivell en concert à Lorient Alias Alan Stivell Nom Alan Cochevelou Naissance …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Colin Allan — For the Australian journalist, see Col Allan. Sir Colin Hamilton Allan KCMG, OBE (1921 1993) is a New Zealander who was a British Governor and High Commissioner. He was also an author and lecturer.[1] Contents 1 Background 1.1 Education 1.2 …   Wikipedia

  • Bridge of Allan railway station — Infobox UK station name = Bridge of Allan other name = code = BEA caption = manager = First ScotRail locale = Bridge of Allan borough = Stirling latitude = 56.157 longitude = 3.957 platforms = 2 usage0203 = 0.107 usage0405 = 0.131 usage0506 =… …   Wikipedia

  • Edgar Allan Poe — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Poe et Edgar Allan Poe (homonymie). Edgar Allan Poe …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Liste der Biografien/Col — Biografien: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”