The greatest gifts you can give your team: clarity, communication, and pulling people together around a shared mission.
Anne SweeneySurround yourself with the best people and then get out of their way. Give them a chance to exceed your expectations and they usually will.
Anne SweeneyPages were always supposed to be off-camera - we were supposed to be invisible. But I had a moment where I saw a kid who was ready to flip himself out of the balcony, so I ran down and grabbed him and put him back in his seat. I remember the stage manager taking me aside and saying, "Can you please never do that again? I know you were saving his life, but we have you in the shot."
Anne SweeneyThe more opportunities people have to experience television on different platforms, the more television they consume overall. So there actually has been a benefit, but the ratings have gone down. But we've seen kind of the horizontal benefit of this. And it remains a great, great promotion engine.
Anne Sweeney