Robert Allbritton, the owner of Politico, is weighing a lucrative payday against maintaining full control over a widely read Washington news site.
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Allbritton Decides To Change The Channel
Joe L. Allbritton built a media dynasty in Washington by investing in the television business. His son, Robert, seems intent on reshaping his father’s legacy by getting out of it.The younger Allbritton said in a memo that the company will concentrate on new media, including Politico, its successful politics website and newspaper. “This is the Golden Age of new media innovation, and I intend to stay on the leading edge of it,” he wrote in a dispatch to company employees.
