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ABC and the Disney Company are remembering ... happened as "a minnow that swallowed the whale." Murphy and Chief Operating Officer Dan Burke established a company culture that stressed managerial ...

Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Daniel B. Burke, who helped build Capital Cities/ ABC Inc. into one of the largest U.S. media companies over a 33-year career, died today at his home in Rye, New York.

Daniel Burke, former Capital Cities/ABC president and CEO and the father ... Daniel Burke and his business partner Tom Murphy built Capital Cities from a television station in Albany, N.Y ...

By Douglas Martin Thomas S ... He suggested Capital Cities acquire ABC. Image Mr. Murphy, left, in 1991 with his longtime chief lieutenant, Daniel B. Burke, who was president and chief operating ...

Thomas Murphy ... any other person.” Mr. Murphy went on to lead Capital Cities and ABC as chairman and chief executive, aided by his longtime lieutenant Daniel Burke, whom he described as ...

Burke, along with Tom Murphy ... president of ABC, is now the CEO of Comcast Corp.'s NBCUniversal, the parent of CNBC. Disney CEO Bob Iger said in a statement that "Dan had a significant impact ...

a media industry veteran who helped create Capital Cities/ABC Inc. before it was sold to The Walt Disney Co., has died of complications from diabetes. He was 82. Burke, along with Tom Murphy ...

Dan had a significant impact on me and all those he touched, and for that I will always be grateful.” Burke climbed ... partner Tom Murphy had built, Capital Cities/ABC, was sold to The Walt ...

Burke’s rise at Cap Cities began quickly after Tom Murphy, the former head ... In 1996, Capital Cities/ABC was sold to The Walt Disney Company. “Dan was a brilliant executive and my business ...