Company Town : SHAKE-UP AT TIME WARNER : Profiles: The Co-Chairmen
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Robert Anthony Daly
Added titles: Co-chairman and co-chief executive of Warner Music Inc.
Current titles: Co-chairman and co-CEO of Warner Bros. Studios.
Age: 58
Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Education: Attended Brooklyn College
Career highlights: 1955-77, held a variety of management posts at CBS Television; 1977-1980, president of CBS Entertainment; 1980-1994, chairman and chief executive of Warner Bros. studios.
Personal: Divorced, three children.
Quote: “Our intention is to run [music] the way it was in the past, where individual labels run themselves and report into corporate.”
Terry Semel
Added titles: Co-chairman and co-chief executive of Warner Music Inc.
Current titles: Co-chairman and co-CEO of Warner Bros. Studios.
Age: 52
Birthplace: New York
Education: Postgraduate studies in market research at City College of New York, 1966-67.
Career highlights: 1970-72, domestic sales manager, CBS Cinema Center Films; 1972-75, vice president, Walt Disney Co.; 1975-78, president, Warner Bros. Distribution; 1979-94, executive vice president, then president & chief operation officer, Warner Bros. studios.
Personal: Married, three children.
Quote: “Jerry came up with the idea [for the Turner acquisition], and pulled it off, which allowed me to feel great respect for my boss.”
Source: Who’s Who in Entertainment, Who’s Who in America.
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