One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make a five-year contract with somebody, make yourself several million dollars and put it away, then go and do whatever you want, work for public TV if you want. Roone Arledge contractdollarindustry share on social
In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down. Roone Arledge accountbankbring share on social
I don't think people realize the extent to which TV networks are hurt when they carry public broadcasting. I think the estimate is that they lose a half-million dollars for a half day's programming. Roone Arledge broadcastcarryday Change image and share on social
I don't think the news department will have to lie down and play dead like it has in the past. By and large the network has been understanding, but then so have I. Roone Arledge deaddepartmentlarge Change image and share on social
People essentially like local news better than network news. Roone Arledge essentiallylocalnetwork Change image and share on social
I don't think any industry was ever as closely scrutinized and written about and constantly in the public eye as television. Roone Arledge closelyconstantlyeye Change image and share on social
People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we must report it. Roone Arledge carecomingdaily Change image and share on social
One of the reasons why when Elvis dies or the Son of Sam is captured ABC News' ratings go up is because people who don't normally watch news are watching then. The question is, do you want to attract people who don't watch network news or fight over the people who do? Roone Arledge abcattractcapture share on social
But unlike the setup in most organizations, where there's an administrator on top and creative people or doers underneath, I'm basically a doer and I like to have administrative people underneath me. Roone Arledge administrativeadministratorbasically Change image and share on social
I think people tuned in a lot to see Barbara when she first came here and they just didn't like the show they saw. I think it was dull. It was sterile. Roone Arledge barbaradulllot Change image and share on social