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" I think people take for granted the success of the original content at A&E Networks and in building brands. People have selective memory on how long that takes. "

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" You had a generation of women, of which I'm part, where it was a stigma to be associated with feminism; there was a backlash. Now you have a generation that is clearly embracing feminism because, at the end of the day, the definition of feminism is just equality. "

Nancy Dubuc

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" If you're going to be a media brand and not just a linear television brand, then you have to make sure you're speaking to all women and all interests, so it may mean that you end up smaller audiences serving individual pieces of content, but the aggregate is what's important and what we're paying attention to. "

" When you meet a veteran, thank them for their service. "

" Owning content and original content has been our lifeblood - we've never been a suite of brands that's been reliant on a movie library or on rented series from other networks. "

" You can have whatever platform you want, but without great content, you don't have anything. "

" Personally, I feel a strong responsibility to make sure that we have women equally represented in our executive suites and that we employ women in front of and behind the camera and in our writers' rooms. "

" We aren't afraid to take creative risks, which is the main ingredient in our recipe for change. "

" Storytelling takes many forms, and even feature-length storytelling is often 90 minutes or two hours. There's nothing stopping us from trying to do that on a week-to-week basis. "

Nancy Dubuc

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" You have to follow the consumer, and the consumer will be in control. "

Nancy Dubuc

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" The History brand has long been a supporter of not only our troops but organizations that support our troops. "

" To effect meaningful change, you have to look at who's in the boardrooms, who has the financial control of businesses, and who has the greenlighting power. "

" I'm a big believer in picking your boss, not the job. Great people create great jobs. "

" It's not enough just to put great television shows out anymore. "

" So much of our audience is on mobile and online platforms, but there's something special, unique, and unexpected about engaging with such great content at the street level. "

" One of our secret-sauce powers is that our people don't just write checks and place the ads, but our employees go the extra mile to get things done. "

" I have an innate passion and competitive streak to win and to create, and I want our team to be better than everybody else. Some people thrive in that environment, and some people don't. "

" My interests were more extracurricular, more external, and more social than they were academic. My birthday is also in December, so I was one of the older kids. That meant I learned social leadership early on. I was always just much better in a team and work environment than I was in a classroom environment. "

" I would love to see more swings in areas that we haven't explored. I can't necessarily tell you what that is - I think you know it when you see it - but I think we've had a lot of the same-themed shows in broadcast, but those shows are still performing. "

" We were an entertainment brand, and if we were going to compete in an era of incredible growth in the cable industry, I felt we actually needed to be entertaining. "

" The best advice I give to young people starting out is choose your boss. Regardless of gender, I think it is important to have someone who supports you and lets you take risks without fear of failure. "

" If you look at the coverage of female sports and athletics across any of the broadcasters that participate in league rights and/or sports programming, women are underrepresented, and it's a chance and an opportunity for Lifetime to support that movement and the importance of athletics and competition for girls and women. "

" Hearst makes smart investments and partnerships across important industries, and HearstLive is the perfect opportunity to highlight the amazing innovations coming out of all of those brands. "

" Both of my grandfathers served in World War II, both in the Pacific. One wouldn't talk about it, and one would. "

" Consumers are looking for those trusted brands to help with search and discovery and streaming content choices. "

Nancy Dubuc

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" Taking action against a show because of one individual's behavior could put hundreds of jobs in jeopardy. "

" You can never rest on what you did yesterday; it's old. "

" The perseverance and the strength and the determination and the sacrifice that so many millions of people have had to endure to form this country is far greater than anything that we can really imagine. "

" We have a powerful portfolio of brands that are well-positioned for future growth, both domestically and internationally. "

" In the media business and as a creative executive, if you don't take risks, you're dead in the water. Calculated risk taking is essential for success. No one said it was easy. "

" When I stepped into the Lifetime role in 2010, I did a listening tour of what was going on for women in this country. There was such a parallel in Hollywood with women talking about how there are stories that are not getting made and that talented young women are not getting the opportunity to direct and write. "