Tom Allon
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Tom F. Allon is an American newspaper/magazine and digital media and events entrepreneur. He is publisher and former co-owner of City & State NY. Previously he was president and co-owner of Manhattan Media.[1]
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Born | Tom F. Allon (1962-05-21) May 21, 1962 (age 62) New York City, U.S. |
Education | Stuyvesant High School, B.A. Cornell University, M.S. Columbia Journalism School |
Occupation(s) | Newspaper publisher, media entrepreneur, journalist, public affairs columnist |
Spouse | Rebecca Cohen |
He was for eighteen months a candidate for mayor in the 2013 election,[2] but subsequently dropped out of the race.[3] He was endorsed by the Liberal Party in NY. Allon is also a columnist and pundit whose opinion pieces have appeared in the NY Daily News, NY Post, City & State and the Huffington Post. He is a serial media entrepreneur, who helped build one public media company and two private media companies in the three decades between 1990-2020. He has bought and sold many publications and is considered an expert in launching and growing digital and events-driven local media outlets. Allon started his career as an educator, teaching English and Journalism at his alma mater, Stuyvesant High School. He has also taught opinion writing in the journalism department at Hunter College in New York City.