Robert Allbritton, every mention

Politico & Axios: Jim VandeHei Feb 27, 2023 · 28 mentions

• ▶ 3:34 Guy Raz So a year later, in 2007, Jim and another Washington Post journalist, John Harris, and a wealthy media mogul, Robert Albritton, launched Politico. 2 times in the scene
• ▶ 27:35 Guy Raz And, and I guess at this point, we've kind of reached a, a major, uh, turning point in the story because this is where you would begin a partnership with, uh, a local media mogul named Robert Albritton. 4 times in the scene
• ▶ 31:33 Guy Raz And he's going to partner with Post editor John Harris and get financial backing from media mogul Robert Albritton.
• ▶ 33:53 Guy Raz Alright, so you connect with Robert Albert, and he is gonna be the guy that will back this thing. 5 times in the scene
• ▶ 45:15 Guy Raz Did you, I mean, you know, obviously, Allbritton, he knew going in that he was not going to make money for at least a year, probably two, but, um, there must have been pressure coming down to bring in money. 3 times in the scene
• ▶ 49:03 Guy Raz I think they started around, but from, from everything I've read, I mean, you and, and, and Robert Albert were quite close. 5 times in the scene
• ▶ 53:40 Guy Raz Um, and, you know, I've read different interpretations from, you know, Robert Auburn's not here to, and again, this is not a critique of him at all. 6 times in the scene
• ▶ 1:01:54 Jim VandeHei Um, I mean, there was tension, right, and, and, and Robert and others, it, it,
• ▶ 1:18:50 Guy Raz By the way, in twenty-twenty-one, Robert Albritton, Jim's co-founder and the man who financed and owned Politico, sold it to the German media giant Axel Springer, reportedly for a billion dollars.