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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. Together with fellow Capital Cities executive Daniel Burke, Murphy engineered the acquisition of the American Broadcasting Company in 1986 for $3.5 billion.
25 Mei 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,...
26 Mei 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.
26 Mei 2022 · Thomas Murphy, a farsighted executive who built Capital Cities Communications into a media juggernaut, shocking the business world when he engineered the $3.5 billion acquisition of ABC in 1985...
25 Mei 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.
27 Mei 2022 · Thomas Murphy, who acquired ABC in 1985 as chairman and chief executive of Capital Cities Communications, has died at 96. Capital Cities acquired the network for $3.5 billion and sold it a decade later for $19 billion.
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.
