Article: William F. Buckley Jr. to relinquish controlling shares in National Review


AP Worldstream
06-29-2004
Dateline: NEW YORK
William F. Buckley Jr. is stepping away from the National Review, the conservative magazine he founded nearly a half-century ago, according to a published report.

Buckley, 78, is planning to relinquish his controlling shares in the magazine to a board of trustees he has selected, The New York Times reported on its Web site Monday night. The magazine will continue to publish his syndicated column.

The board includes his son, humorist Christopher Buckley; the magazine's president, Thomas L. Rhodes; and Austin Bramwell, a contributor to the ...

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