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FRONT OFFICE terRY mcGUIRK

Chairman
Terry McGuirk is Chairman He served as chairman and chief executive
& CEO of Braves Holdings, officer of the company until March 2001. From that
LLC, the parent compa- point through December 2003, McGuirk was vice
MANAGER & STAFF Company. In his role as Chairman and Control with being chief executive officer of the compa-
ny of the Atlanta Braves
chairman of Turner Broadcasting System Inc., along
and Braves Development
ny-owned Atlanta sports teams, including the Major
Person of the Atlanta Braves, McGuirk maintains
League Baseball Braves, the National Basketball
executive oversight of all aspects of the Braves
franchise including all team and player person- Association Hawks and the National Hockey League
Thrashers.
nel operations, business operations, Truist Park McGuirk has served on the board of many
and representation of the Braves at Major League cable industry-related groups and the International
Baseball ownership meetings. McGuirk is also the Olympic Committee’s Radio and Television
PLAYER BIOS Chairman of Braves Development Company, the Commission. He was the 1989 recipient of the
NCTA Vanguard Award for Young Leadership and
Braves real estate development entity that owns
and operates The Battery Atlanta mixed use devel-
opment adjacent to Truist Park. was inducted into the fellowship of Cable Television
Pioneers at the 1996 NCTA Convention.
McGuirk spent 35 years at Turner Broadcasting A native of Bayshore, N.Y., McGuirk is a grad-
System, Inc. (TBS), beginning in 1972 as an account uate of Portsmouth Abbey School and holds a
executive with WTCG, which later became TBS
bachelor of arts degree in American history from
SEASON IN REVIEW Superstation. In 1973, he assumed the same role Middlebury College.

at TBS-owned WRET in Charlotte, N.C. McGuirk
McGuirk is on the MLB Executive Council and
returned to Atlanta in 1975 as director of cable rela-
is Chairman of the Board of Major League Baseball's
Business and Media Committee, the successor to
tions, where he was instrumental in the launch of
TBS Superstation and played a key role in the launch
the MLB Ownership Committe and chairs the MLB
of every Turner network through 2001. MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM). He also serves on
Audit Committee. McGuirk is the former chairman of

In 1978, McGuirk was named director of spe-
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT cial projects for TBS, Inc. and in 1979, was appoint- the Major League Baseball Media Committee.

ed vice president of TBS, Inc. From 1987 to 1991,
He is a Trustee Emeritus of both Piedmont
he served as president of Turner Network Sales
Healthcare and The Westminster Schools. McGuirk
and CNN International Sales, Ltd., where he set up
was the 2000 recipient of the Anti-Defamation
the company’s international sales and distribution
League’s Stewart Lewengrub Torch of Liberty Award.
operations. He was elected to the TBS, Inc. board of
southeastern chapter of the National Academy of
directors in July 1987. Concurrently, McGuirk was In 2006, he received the Governors Award from the
president of Turner Sports where, during his tenure, Television Arts & Sciences and, in 2010, he entered
BRAVES HISTORY Olympics for cable television for the first time and have four children.
he was instrumental in securing coverage of the
the Cable Television Hall of Fame.
Terry and his wife, Nancy, live in Atlanta and
oversaw the resurgence of the winningest team in
baseball, the Atlanta Braves.
As executive vice president, McGuirk served

as the company’s second in command from 1991
to 1996. When TBS, Inc. merged with Time Warner
Inc. in 1996, he succeeded R.E. (Ted) Turner as
chairman, president and CEO.
OPPONENTS atlanta braves ownership
Liberty Media Corporation officially acquired the Atlanta Braves on May 16, 2007, when
Baseball Commissioner Allan H. ("Bud") Selig announced that Major League Baseball ownership
had approved Turner Broadcasting and Time Warner’s sale of the team.
MISCELLANEOUS retailing, media, communications, sports and entertainment businesses. Liberty’s Chairman is John
Based in Englewood, Colo., Liberty Media owns interests in a broad range of electronic
Malone and its President and CEO is Greg Maffei.
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