Dan Burke

“Under Burke's oversight, the staff that oversaw ABC's TV station group dropped from 60 to eight people. The margin gap was closed in just two years. So in two years, they brought ABC's margins from 30% to over 50.”

“Burke was responsible for daily management of operations and Murphy for acquisitions and capital allocation. As Burke told me, our relationship was built on a foundation of mutual respect. I had an appetite for and a willingness to do things that Murphy was no…”

“Headquarters staff was anorexic. No vice presidents in functional areas like marketing, strategic planning, or human resources, no corporate counsel, and no public relations department either.”