Editor Named at Daily News

Robert W. Burdick has been named editor of the Daily News, the San Fernando Valley newspaper’s owner, sports millionaire Jack Kent Cooke, said Friday.

Burdick, 39, who had been managing editor for news, succeeds Tim Kelly, who resigned earlier this week to become managing editor of the Orange County Register.

Before joining the Daily News in October, 1984, Burdick was assistant managing editor for business and special projects at the Denver Post. He also has held editing positions at the San Jose Mercury News, Wichita (Kan.) Eagle Beacon and Palm Beach (Fla.) Post and was a reporter at The Miami Herald.