Gruff and politically incorrect,Allan ruled Sydney’s Daily Telegraph and the novel York Post and was responsible for the most tabloid of tabloid front pages Rupert Murdoch’s longest-serving editor, Australian journalist Col Allan, and is retiring after a four-decade career in which he aggressively ruled both Sydney’s Daily Telegraph and the novel York Post.
Nicknamed Col Pot when he was editor-in-chief of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph in the 1990s,the gruff, politically incorrect Allan is at the centre of some of the more spectacular stories of contemporary journalism as well as wielding significant political influence.
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Source: theguardian.com