This became the foundation of his company, Allbritton Communications, which includes WJLA-TV,[2] NewsChannel 8, short lived Internet venture TBD, and Politico, now run by his son, Robert Allbritton. To celebrate the birth of his actual child, Allbritton handed out cigars bearing Politicos logo, a gift from Fred Ryan. It will be harder to keep his sense of humor and low profile. But, he adds, I never gave up my day job at Allbritton Communications.. Robert Allbritton is a None. Father: Lewis A. Allbritton Mother: Ada Carpenter Wife: Barbara Jean Balfanz (m. 23-Feb-1967, one son) Son: Robert Lewis Allbritton (b. In 2005, Riggs was sold to PNC Financial Services Group. Certain items were perfect for the Huffington Post, others for Drudge. We implemented the good ones and killed the dumb ones., Allbritton believed that VandeHeis vision for the domestic expansion was muddled and that, without changes, Politico wouldnt be open in every state capital by 2020 as VandeHei and Harris predicted. When the deal was signed in November 2006, the only thing missing was the crucial benefit that most start-up leaders enjoy and that VandeHei had envisioned for Project Xs founding members: equity. Allbritton received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University in 1992, [8] and has served as a member of its board of trustees. . Tolchin had discussed the Capital Leader editing job. The other must-attend event of the day is the always glamorous brunch hosted by Politico at the Georgetown mansion of Politico founder Robert Allbrittonand wife Elena. After months of behind-the-scenes drama, Washingtons most successful media partnership in a generation was busting apart. In the end, the riftwhether it was over how best to manage growth or how best to compensate the people who had built the company into a behemothwas too much for the partnership to bear. Graham set up a lunch at the Hay-Adams hotel. He asked his son to step in. A trio of reportersJake Sherman, Anna Palmer, and Daniel Lippmanrecently inherited the Playbook franchise from Allen. In 1992, he sold the Los Angeles based Pierce National Life Insurance Co. that he had owned since 1958. We want to do this., Okay, Ryan said. In attendance were Graham, executive editor Len Downie, managing editor Phil Bennett, Web editor Liz Spayd, and Washingtonpost.compublisher Caroline Little. And though he still owned the TV stations his dad had assembled, he took particular pride in his headline-making new-media outlet. She has been published in several journals and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and member of the American Society for Dermatological Surgery and the American Medical Association.