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Thomas Sawyer Murphy (May 31, 1925 – May 25, 2022) was an American broadcasting executive, and was chair and chief executive officer of Capital Cities / ABC, Inc. until 1996.
May 25, 2022 · Thomas S. Murphy, who as chairman and chief executive of Capital Cities Communications stunned Wall Street in 1985 by acquiring the much larger American Broadcasting Company for $3.5 billion,...
May 26, 2022 · Thomas Murphy, one of the giants of the media industry from the ’70s into the 2000s whose career was a literal business school study, died Wednesday at age 96 at his home in Rye, New York.
May 25, 2022 · Thomas S. Murphy, who served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capital Cities/ABC for 30 years and oversaw its merger with The Walt Disney Company, died Wednesday, May 25, at his home in Rye, New York.
May 25, 2022 · Thomas S. Murphy, who served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capital Cities/ABC for 30 years and oversaw its merger with The Walt Disney Company, died Wednesday, May 25, at his home in Rye, New York. He was 96.
Through successfully acquiring and integrating over 30 media companies (newspapers, TV and radio stations, and publishing houses) including the 1986 pivotal acquisition of American Broadcasting Company, Murphy built a communications giant known for tight financial control and strong, lean management.
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Dec 8, 2017 · The medium-sized broadcasting and publishing company pulled off the biggest media merger in U.S. history at the time, purchasing the American Broadcasting Company, a business four times its size, for $3.5 billion. The deal also cemented the reputations of its two top executives, chairman/CEO Thomas S. Murphy and president/COO Daniel B. Burke ...
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