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" 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. "

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" To address what seems like an endless cycle of gender inequity in media, I believe we need to think beyond what our industry has already tried to do through mentorships and internships. We need to stop talking and start moving the needle, and one solution is to simply give women jobs. "

Nancy Dubuc

Media

Moving

Believe

" It's hard for me to accept the argument that millennials are not watching TV. I'm not one to believe that our culture of TV consumption is changing dramatically. It's just how we consume and where we consume it that's changing. "

Nancy Dubuc

Believe

Culture

" It's an honor to be the only woman in the room a lot of times, but I wish I weren't the only woman in the room. I still have to think in a calculated way about how to speak and what to speak about. "

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

" 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. "

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

" From Abby Lee Miller's intensity and her students' incredible performances to their devoted moms and its high drama, 'Dance Moms' has become one of the most compelling shows on television. "

" Successful shows will always generate great business deals in the future. "

" 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. "

" The directness of my mother is clearly in my voice. Her opinion is always a very strong opinion at the dining room table. I think she empowered me to have the same drive. "

" It takes a long time for things to get off the ground. "

" Historically, we've had to think in increments of 30 or 60 minutes. And now we have to think in increments of six seconds to six hours and everything in between. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" It's a terrible thing to say, but I hated school. I'm very ADD, and my report card always said, 'If only she performed to her potential.' "

" 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 the epidemics in our industry is the abuse of power. "

" I think it's important for History to keep experimenting with their shows. The more documentary-driven, the returning series, are the bottom of the iceberg under the ocean that keeps it moving, and then it's important to take those swings and see if we can ignite a spark with new audiences. "

" 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. "

" It never seems like a good idea to do something that's way out there. But usually, the thing that's way out there is where we are heading. "

" 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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Celebrating failure is key. Half of what we do fails, at least. "

" I think that the strategy around FYI is really a corporate strategy, and that's that every one of our brands that we invest in have to matter and that we need to commit to building brands and investing in those brands, or we need to get out of that business. "

" What I see around the management team meetings and the conference tables I sit at is that there isn't that same comfort level in other women who are rising the ranks. And I don't know how to fix that. "

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