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" It's easy for the board to say, 'Well, add makeover shows.' The No. 1 show for women in the United States is 'The Walking Dead.' That's not a makeover show. "
Nancy Dubuc
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" With a strong foundation in scripted programming firmly established by 'Army Wives' and 'Drop Dead Diva,' Lifetime is aggressively expanding its drama series development plate with powerful programs from creative auspices who have strong pedigrees in producing stand-out programming. "
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" It's my job... to push people out of their comfort zones. But we got to have a reason to do it. We don't do it gratuitously. "
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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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" Each generation wants their own form of entertainment and their own form of storytelling. "
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" What someone does when viewing content on a tablet is different than the lean-back mentality of watching on the big screen. "
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" 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. "
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" Live news teaches you some incredibly strong lessons: that every day is a new day, and it's never too late to fix something. "
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" We love the Vice guys; we believe in them. We're investors. We believe in them, in the creative work that they've done... What they built is incredible. "
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" We need to get rid of bullying. We need to get rid of abuse. We need to get rid of harassment. We need to get rid of the casting couch. Instead, we need to build the bench. "
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" A+E has always looked in places where others didn't want to look. There's a service in that. "
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" 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. "
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" We don't see the Lifetime brand as just a television brand. We see it as a female media brand. It has to represent what she is interested in, up and down the spectrum, in all kinds of content. "
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" There is a lot of content out there for the female demographic. "
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" 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. "
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" If we can be changing some lives along the way, that's the holy grail on television. "
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" Great managers recognize that there is no one way to manage. You may have to be 10 different managers to get the best out of your team. "
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" I'm a big believer in picking your boss, not the job. Great people create great jobs. "
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" 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. "
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" We know romance novels are a huge thing. Can we do a romance novel show on our network? I'm not sure. "
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" There are very few black-and-white truths in management or in business, but one that I have found is that people either hire people who are smarter than them, or people hire people they can control. "
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" The beauty of the media business is all about what is next. You put your mistakes behind you. Learn from them and move on to the next project. Having some degree of success is integral to a risk-taking balance. "
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" Both of my grandfathers served in World War II, both in the Pacific. One wouldn't talk about it, and one would. "
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" Panna is focused on the intersection of premium video content and digital product to deliver great experiences. Given those are areas of focus for FYI, we are extremely excited to partner with Panna. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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