Capital Cities/ABC

Morning Session - 2009 Meeting

“That was not the case when Charlie and I looked at Teledyne or the Washington Post or Cap Cities broadcasting doing it”

Morning Session - 2008 Meeting

“I saw things in 2002 in the junk bond field. I saw things in the equity markets. If you could have bought Cap Cities with Tom Murphy running it in the early, in 1974”

Poor Charlie's Almanack

“Berkshire Hathaway-are the largest shareholder in Capital Cities/ABC. And have had trade publications there”

2004 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter

“Thirty years ago Tom Murphy, then CEO of Cap Cities, drove this point home to me with a hypothetical tale”

Afternoon Session - 1996 Meeting

“I gave the illustration of Tom Murphy in the annual report... the way he ran cap cities for decades”

Morning Session - 1996 Meeting

“Relating to Cap Cities, ABC, and talk radio, the problem that occurred last month at Cape Cap Cities”

Morning Session - 1995 Meeting

“we have Kay Graham for the Post and Tom Murphy from Cap Cities... those three were sitting together... if those three combined, we have about six and a half billion of profit”

USC Lecture: A Lesson on Elementary, Worldly Wisdom (1994)

“Berkshire Hathaway - are the largest shareholder in Capital Cities/ABC. And we had trade publications there that got murdered”

1994 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter

“Dan Burke of Capital Cities/ABC and Carl Reichardt of Wells Fargo. Dan and Carl encountered very tough industry conditions in recent years. But their skill as managers allowed the businesses they ran ”

1991 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter

“shareholdings in The Washington Post Company and Capital Cities/ABC - and the intrinsic value of this investment has declined materially”

1985 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter

“negotiated purchase of large, but not controlling, blocks of stock, as in our Cap Cities purchase”