Lodowick Brodie Cobb "Wick" Allison was an American magazine publisher and author.
11 Facts About Wick Allison
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Wick Allison was the principal owner of People Newspapers, which he purchased in 2003.
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Wick Allison served as president of the non-profit American Ideas Institute, publisher of The American Conservative.
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Wick Allison graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1971.
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Wick Allison served as editor of the student humor magazine The Texas Ranger and earned a degree in American Studies.
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Wick Allison attended the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University, where he developed his business plan for D Magazine before dropping out.
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Wick Allison died on the night of September 1,2020, at his home in Craigie Clair, in the Catskill Mountains.
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Wick Allison was 72, and suffered from bladder cancer for more than a decade before his death.
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Wick Allison resigned as publisher of National Review in 1993.
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Two years later, he and investor Harlan Crow repurchased D Magazine, and in 2001, Wick Allison bought out Crow to become the magazine company's sole owner.
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In February 2013, Wick Allison launched D: The Broadcast, a two-hour daily morning talk show, on local Dallas independent station KTXD, but the magazine ended its affiliation with the show in August of the same year.