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.
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.
Live news teaches you some incredibly strong lessons: that every day is a new day, and it's never too late to fix something.
Vice has a bold voice and a distinctive model in the marketplace. This channel represents a strategic fit and a new direction for the future of our portfolio of media assets.
Obviously, there needs to be parity. I think as more women get to the top, we need to make sure that is the case. It is our responsibility.
TV is our window on the world. It's a powerful medium for great stories that become part of our very, very personal journey.
Writing a check is easy. The opportunity for real change happens when there's a person who comes to you with real passion to create a movement.
'The Hatfields and McCoys' is a classic tale of American history. These are names that are widely recognized, yet few people know the real story that made them famous.
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.
I am here to tell you, TV is not dead. Rather, it is constantly evolving as we are. My view is that we are in the next Golden Age of content. If AOL, Google, Netflix, Amazon, and Yahoo felt TV was dying, they would not be so eager to play in our sandbox. It is, after all, TV content that's driving their business.
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.
It doesn't make any sense for us to do a scripted series if it's not going to be big, so we have to be really disciplined about them.
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.
The History brand has long been a supporter of not only our troops but organizations that support our troops.
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.
What someone does when viewing content on a tablet is different than the lean-back mentality of watching on the big screen.
It's not enough just to put great television shows out anymore.
We knew in our gut that History needed to be more than a timeline.
I'm not a very patient person. I'll take those quick risks to see if it's going to work versus taking the long and tortuous road of trying to guarantee myself that something will work. That's like self-mutilation to me.
In this rapidly changing media environment, business transformations need to be closely linked to communications strategies.
