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" 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. "

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" A+E Networks has been my home for over a decade. I am so proud of these brands and my A+E colleagues who are truly the best in the business. "

Nancy Dubuc

Proud

Best

Business

" A+E has always looked in places where others didn't want to look. There's a service in that. "

" When I think about too much content out there, one of the things that comes to mind for me is just the volume of really outstanding creators there are. "

Nancy Dubuc

Too Much

Just

" I run a creative company, and the best way to support creatives is to make them fearless and willing to take big swings. That is an important part of our culture at A&E Networks. "

" My focus - even before becoming CEO - has always been memorable and unique content. And one of the most important things we did to reinforce that was create A+E Studios. "

" Shane Smith has led Vice from a fledgling magazine into a global media brand, and all of us at A+E are excited to work with him and his passionate and innovative team. "

Nancy Dubuc

Brand

Team

" Live news teaches you some incredibly strong lessons: that every day is a new day, and it's never too late to fix something. "

" 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. "

" As a former college athlete, I know the importance of sports in the lives of women and girls, and I couldn't be more thrilled to join forces with NWSL and U.S. Soccer to ensure professional women athletes are elevated as the entire country can watch and be inspired by their strength and athleticism. "

" I'm a very goal-oriented person, and work is really rewarding. It's how I take care of my family, and ultimately, I'm never going to let that responsibility fall to anybody but myself. "

" It's always strange to get an honor from people who are the ones that should be honored. "

" What someone does when viewing content on a tablet is different than the lean-back mentality of watching on the big screen. "

" 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. "

" I'm not a very patient person. "

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

" You can't manage the creative process on a quarterly basis. The way we're structured has really helped us grow. "

" If we can be changing some lives along the way, that's the holy grail on television. "

" There's still too much filler, copycat programming that's out there. We work so hard to pioneer new ideas, and then those ideas are just regurgitated by other networks. That's not good for anybody, I think. That's not good for our business. That's not good for our audience. "

" We have to take a really close look at making sure that we are more surgical and more tailored in dealing with the production community and our producing partners. "

Nancy Dubuc

Community

Production

" There needs to be a bigger focus on creative innovation versus business models and cash flow. "

" As a global media company, A+E Networks continually seeks to create new and exciting content that will attract audiences today, tomorrow, and beyond. By investing in Vice, we are thrilled about our potential to further deliver content that meets the demands of the latest consumption trends. "

" Veterans' issues have always spoken to me. "

Nancy Dubuc

Veterans

Issues

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

Nancy Dubuc

You

Will

" Sometimes people get fairly obscure just for the creative license of it, and that can backfire. Iconic stories are iconic for a reason, and there are so many incredible, iconic history stories that have not been told that we don't need to go too deep in the well yet. "

" 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. "

" In Vice, I saw all of it in one. I saw a studio. I saw a content creator. I saw an agency. I saw a distributor. We want to learn from them. They're talking to a generation we're struggling to connect to as an industry. "

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

Nancy Dubuc

Looking

Choices

" When you look at the increase in the number of scripted series and the number of unscripted hours, the pool of producers hasn't grown at the same rate. So I think there's a bit of a creative tax on the system. "

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

" Lifetime never had any unscripted shows, really. It just had 'Project Runway,' which was a bit of an island. "