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Reverted: the second of the two sources cited says "The surprise announcement by Robert Allbritton on Monday comes a few days after he and his family agreed to pay $1 million to a new $9-million fund for victims of former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet" so yes, "he and his family" means this is about him & not just his father
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Undid revision 1296277564 by UrielAcosta (talk) The published report is innacurate. I am the original source and I was not involved, nor did I pay anything relating to the incident. I will take legal action against Wikipedia and the author if this slanderous comment is restored. -Robert L. Allbritton
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'''Robert Lewis Allbritton''' (born February 16, 1969<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jaffe |first=Harry |date=July 22, 2009 |title=The Son Also Rises |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/07/22/the-son-also-rises/ |access-date=November 22, 2018 |work=[[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]] |language=en-US |archive-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122053425/https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/07/22/the-son-also-rises/ |url-status=live }}</ref>) is the founder and former owner of [[Capitol News Company]], the parent company of Capitol Hill [[Politics of the United States|political]] [[newspaper]] and website ''[[Politico]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boliek |first=Brooks |date=July 24, 2014 |title=FCC approves $1B Allbritton TV sale to Sinclair |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/fcc-allbritton-sinclair-sale-109362.html |access-date=August 1, 2014 |work=[[Politico]] |archive-date=July 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728075911/http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/fcc-allbritton-sinclair-sale-109362.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Semafor"/>
'''Robert Lewis Allbritton''' (born February 16, 1969<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jaffe |first=Harry |date=July 22, 2009 |title=The Son Also Rises |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/07/22/the-son-also-rises/ |access-date=November 22, 2018 |work=[[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]] |language=en-US |archive-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122053425/https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/07/22/the-son-also-rises/ |url-status=live }}</ref>) is the founder and former owner of [[Capitol News Company]], the parent company of Capitol Hill [[Politics of the United States|political]] [[newspaper]] and website ''[[Politico]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boliek |first=Brooks |date=July 24, 2014 |title=FCC approves $1B Allbritton TV sale to Sinclair |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/fcc-allbritton-sinclair-sale-109362.html |access-date=August 1, 2014 |work=[[Politico]] |archive-date=July 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728075911/http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/fcc-allbritton-sinclair-sale-109362.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Semafor"/> Allbritton also served as the chairman and CEO of [[Allbritton Communications]], which owned several [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]-affiliated television stations in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Executive Profile, Robert L. Allbritton |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=617295&privcapId=775311&previousCapId=775311&previousTitle=Allbritton%20Communications%20Co |access-date=May 12, 2012 |website=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]}}</ref>


Allbritton also served as the chairman and CEO of [[Allbritton Communications]], which owned several [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]-affiliated television stations in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Executive Profile, Robert L. Allbritton |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=617295&privcapId=775311&previousCapId=775311&previousTitle=Allbritton%20Communications%20Co |access-date=May 12, 2012 |website=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]}}</ref> Allbritton was previously the final CEO of Riggs National Corporation, the parent of [[Riggs Bank]], from 2001 to 2005, when [[PNC Bank]] acquired the bank amidst the money laundering scandal that involved the Allbritton family with the former Chilean dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]], which led him and his family to pay USD 1 million to a fund for victims of crimes against humanity during Pinochet’s rule as a reparation gesture. <ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Hara |first=Terence |date=March 8, 2005 |title=Robert Allbritton Resigns as CEO of Riggs Ahead of Merger |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15462-2005Mar7.html |access-date=March 21, 2010 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |page=E01 |archive-date=November 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110055033/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15462-2005Mar7.html |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |title=Pinochet-linked bank chairman resigns|url= https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2005/3/7/pinochet-linked-bank-chairman-resigns|access-date=May 20, 2025 |website=[[Al Jazeera]]}}</ref>
Allbritton was previously the final CEO of Riggs National Corporation, the parent of [[Riggs Bank]], from 2001 to 2005, when [[PNC Bank]] acquired the bank.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Hara |first=Terence |date=March 8, 2005 |title=Robert Allbritton Resigns as CEO of Riggs Ahead of Merger |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15462-2005Mar7.html |access-date=March 21, 2010 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |page=E01 |archive-date=November 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110055033/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15462-2005Mar7.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Allbritton has been described by ''[[The New Republic]]'' as having "reshaped the way we follow politics."<ref name="auto">{{Cite magazine |date=2011-10-12 |title=Washington's Most Powerful, Least Famous People |url=http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/96131/washingtons-most-powerful-least-famous-people?passthru=ZTM3Y2VhYmZjNmIzMjllNzQ3MjMxOGEzMmJlZjg1NzI |magazine=[[The New Republic]] |accessdate=2011-10-25 |archive-date=December 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215140027/http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/96131/washingtons-most-powerful-least-famous-people?passthru=ZTM3Y2VhYmZjNmIzMjllNzQ3MjMxOGEzMmJlZjg1NzI |url-status=live }}</ref> He is a trustee of the [[Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Board of Trustees |url=https://www.lbjlibrary.org/foundation/board-of-trustees |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=LBJ Presidential Library |language=en |department=LBJ Foundation |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520053834/https://www.lbjlibrary.org/foundation/board-of-trustees |url-status=live }}</ref>


Allbritton has been described by ''[[The New Republic]]'' as having "reshaped the way we follow politics."<ref name="auto">{{Cite magazine |date=2011-10-12 |title=Washington's Most Powerful, Least Famous People |url=http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/96131/washingtons-most-powerful-least-famous-people?passthru=ZTM3Y2VhYmZjNmIzMjllNzQ3MjMxOGEzMmJlZjg1NzI |magazine=[[The New Republic]] |accessdate=2011-10-25 |archive-date=December 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215140027/http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/96131/washingtons-most-powerful-least-famous-people?passthru=ZTM3Y2VhYmZjNmIzMjllNzQ3MjMxOGEzMmJlZjg1NzI |url-status=live }}</ref> He is a trustee of the [[Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Board of Trustees |url=https://www.lbjlibrary.org/foundation/board-of-trustees |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=LBJ Presidential Library |language=en |department=LBJ Foundation |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520053834/https://www.lbjlibrary.org/foundation/board-of-trustees |url-status=live }}</ref>
Allbritton received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[Wesleyan University]] in 1992,<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=April 6, 2007 |title=Alumni Pledge $5M to Create New Center on Campus |url=http://www.wesleyan.edu/newsletter/campus/2007/0607publiclife.html |access-date=August 22, 2012 |magazine=The Wesleyan Connection |archive-date=January 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105132818/http://www.wesleyan.edu/newsletter/campus/2007/0607publiclife.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and has served as a member of its board of trustees.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alumni-Elected Trustees |url=http://wesconnect.wesleyan.edu/s/1318/index_social.aspx?sid=1318&gid=1&pgid=1433 |access-date=August 22, 2012 |website=Wesleyan University |archive-date=September 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905221954/http://wesconnect.wesleyan.edu/s/1318/index_social.aspx?sid=1318&gid=1&pgid=1433 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Joe L. Allbritton, founder of Allbritton Communications, dies at 87 |url=http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/12/joe-l-allbritton-founder-of-allbritton-communications-dies-at-87-83047.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716154647/http://www.wjla.com:80/articles/2012/12/joe-l-allbritton-founder-of-allbritton-communications-dies-at-87-83047.html |archive-date=2015-07-16 |work=[[WJLA]]}}</ref> With his wife Elena, Allbritton donated funds for the establishment of the school's Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Allbritton Center |url=https://www.wesleyan.edu/allbritton/ |access-date=November 20, 2018 |website=Wesleyan University |language=en |archive-date=May 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505015857/https://www.wesleyan.edu/allbritton/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2011, Allbritton was included on ''The New Republic''{{'}}s list of Washington's most powerful, least famous people.<ref name="auto"/>
[[File:DSC 4102a (48996597596).jpg|thumb|right|250px|Allbritton (right) and his wife with [[Lloyd Nelson Hand]] and [[Ann Hand]] in 2019]]
Allbritton received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[Wesleyan University]] in 1992,<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=April 6, 2007 |title=Alumni Pledge $5M to Create New Center on Campus |url=http://www.wesleyan.edu/newsletter/campus/2007/0607publiclife.html |access-date=August 22, 2012 |magazine=The Wesleyan Connection |archive-date=January 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105132818/http://www.wesleyan.edu/newsletter/campus/2007/0607publiclife.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and has served as a member of its board of trustees.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alumni-Elected Trustees |url=http://wesconnect.wesleyan.edu/s/1318/index_social.aspx?sid=1318&gid=1&pgid=1433 |access-date=August 22, 2012 |website=Wesleyan University |archive-date=September 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905221954/http://wesconnect.wesleyan.edu/s/1318/index_social.aspx?sid=1318&gid=1&pgid=1433 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Joe L. Allbritton, founder of Allbritton Communications, dies at 87 |url=http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/12/joe-l-allbritton-founder-of-allbritton-communications-dies-at-87-83047.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716154647/http://www.wjla.com:80/articles/2012/12/joe-l-allbritton-founder-of-allbritton-communications-dies-at-87-83047.html |archive-date=2015-07-16 |work=[[WJLA]]}}</ref> With his wife Elena, Allbritton donated funds for the establishment of the school's Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Allbritton Center |url=https://www.wesleyan.edu/allbritton/ |access-date=November 20, 2018 |website=Wesleyan University |language=en |archive-date=May 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505015857/https://www.wesleyan.edu/allbritton/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Allbritton is the son of the late banker and businessman [[Joe Allbritton]].


==Allbritton Journalism Institute and NOTUS==
==Allbritton Journalism Institute and NOTUS==

Revision as of 11:53, 22 June 2025

Robert Allbritton
Born (1969-02-16) February 16, 1969 (age 56)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
EducationWesleyan University (BA)
FatherJoe Allbritton

Robert Lewis Allbritton (born February 16, 1969[1]) is the founder and former owner of Capitol News Company, the parent company of Capitol Hill political newspaper and website Politico.[2][3] Allbritton also served as the chairman and CEO of Allbritton Communications, which owned several ABC-affiliated television stations in Washington, D.C.[4]

Allbritton was previously the final CEO of Riggs National Corporation, the parent of Riggs Bank, from 2001 to 2005, when PNC Bank acquired the bank.[5] Allbritton has been described by The New Republic as having "reshaped the way we follow politics."[6] He is a trustee of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.[7]

Allbritton received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University in 1992,[8] and has served as a member of its board of trustees.[9][10] With his wife Elena, Allbritton donated funds for the establishment of the school's Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life.[11]

Allbritton Journalism Institute and NOTUS

In 2023, Allbritton established the Allbritton Journalism Institute (AJI) with a $20 million grant. The institute is a nonprofit educational organization based in Washington, D.C., dedicated to training the next generation of political journalists. AJI offers a two-year fellowship program that provides early-career reporters with an annual salary of $60,000, health insurance, and paid time off. Fellows take classes with experienced journalists and contribute to AJI’s publication, NOTUS, which launched in January 2024.[3][12]

References

  1. ^ Jaffe, Harry (July 22, 2009). "The Son Also Rises". Washingtonian. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  2. ^ Boliek, Brooks (July 24, 2014). "FCC approves $1B Allbritton TV sale to Sinclair". Politico. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Max Tani (May 1, 2023). "Politico's founder is spending $20 million to train aspiring journalists". Semafor Media.
  4. ^ "Executive Profile, Robert L. Allbritton". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
  5. ^ O'Hara, Terence (March 8, 2005). "Robert Allbritton Resigns as CEO of Riggs Ahead of Merger". Washington Post. p. E01. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
  6. ^ "Washington's Most Powerful, Least Famous People". The New Republic. October 12, 2011. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  7. ^ "Board of Trustees". LBJ Foundation. LBJ Presidential Library. Archived from the original on May 20, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
  8. ^ "Alumni Pledge $5M to Create New Center on Campus". The Wesleyan Connection. April 6, 2007. Archived from the original on January 5, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  9. ^ "Alumni-Elected Trustees". Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  10. ^ "Joe L. Allbritton, founder of Allbritton Communications, dies at 87". WJLA. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015.
  11. ^ "Allbritton Center". Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
  12. ^ "Allbritton Journalism Institute". AJI. Retrieved January 26, 2025.


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