Col Allan and me – When the boy from Dubbo first hit the Big Apple

April 17, 2016 1:50

Long before he ruled NY, Col Allan stood atop the city on a visit with Mumbrella's Simon Canning and his mum Heather News Corp’s longest serving – and possibly most controversial – editor, Col Allan has announced his retirement from the New York Post.

The former editor of Sydney’s The Daily Telegraph will step down after more than four decades with the organisation.

Mumbrella’s Simon Canning witnessed Allan’s introduction to the Big Apple firsthand…
It seems we’re set to see the end of one of the most colourful newspaper editors ever to set foot in a newsroom.

I was there when Col Allan first arrived in New York in the late 1970s, a Dubbo boy with a fondness for beer and women. And, thanks to my age, I may be one of the few who remembers much of it.

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Simon Canning

Simon Canning was Mumbrella's marketing and advertising editor from 2015-2017. In a career spanning journalism and communications over more than 30 years Simon has become one of Australia’s most respected analysts and commentators on the advertising, marketing and media industries. A regular commentator on radio and TV, Simon has also worked in media in the US and UK .

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