Tony Elliott (publisher)

Tony Elliott
CBE
Born
Anthony Michael Manton Elliott

(1947-01-07)7 January 1947
Reading, Berkshire, England[1]
Died16 July 2020(2020-07-16) (aged 73)
London, England
Alma materKeele University
OccupationPublisher
Known forFounder of Time Out Group
Spouses
​
​
(m. 1975; div. 1977)​
Jane Coke
​
(m. 1989)​
Children3

Anthony Michael Manton Elliott, CBE (7 January 1947 – 16 July 2020)[2][3] was an English publisher, and the founder and owner of Time Out Group, based in London. He was educated at Stowe School and Keele University.[4]

Elliott was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to publishing.[5]

A keen cinema-goer, Elliott served as a Governor of the British Film Institute and as a Founding Board Member and Ambassador of Film London.[6]

Elliott died in London from lung cancer on 16 July 2020, at the age of 73.[7][8][9]

Formerly married to Janet Street-Porter,[10] he later married Jane Coke, with whom he had three sons.[11]

  1. ^ "Tony Elliott, founder of Time Out, the magazine that transformed London living – obituary". The Telegraph. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Birthdays". The Guardian. 7 January 2004.
  3. ^ "Happy Birthday Tony Elliott, 64". The Times. 7 January 2011.
  4. ^ Elliott, Tony (24 June 2002). "A lost cause?". The Independent. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  5. ^ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B8.
  6. ^ Wootton, Adrian (10 August 2020). "A tribute to Tony Elliott". Film London. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  7. ^ Leland, John (22 July 2020). "Tony Elliott, Whose Time Out Clued Readers in, Dies at 73". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  8. ^ McGinn, Caroline (17 July 2020). "Time Out founder Tony Elliott dies". Time Out. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Tony Elliott: Time Out magazine founder dies aged 73". BBC News. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  10. ^ Wray, Richard (1 September 2008). "Calling time out on the BBC". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  11. ^ Anstead, Mark (31 March 2007). "Even millionaires use their overdrafts: Interview with Tony Elliott". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 March 2016.