At no risk of overstatement, this is a complex transaction, |
He recently told me he felt he had completed the (organization plan) and wanted at some soon point to move on to a company he could really run. This is entirely amicable with no precise end date and he and the other key members of the company know he has my complete and continued support in whatever he decides to do. |
I can't imagine that there'll be any disruption of any kind, in any area, on any level or in any particular. It just simply seems to me actually impossible. |
I think the set-top box is convergence, ... It is the most exciting development ...it will be the topic for the next five years. |
New York's ability on into the future to remain the communications capital is really questionable. |
Not that I don't like that fat butler, |
Results for the quarter and year are better than good; superb execution is the reason. |
Sometimes it seems like there's more footnotes than text, ... This isn't something we're proud of, and over time we'd like to see our footnotes steadily shrink. |
Terry's a thoughtful, intelligent man and he did not take his media imperialist roots to Sunnyvale. And that's what got him on the road to fluency, which he's mastered. That's some feat for an old-media dog, speaking as one who could be similarly described. |
The American public tunes in every night hoping to see two people screwing. Obviously, we can't give them that but let's always keep it in mind. |
The world is changing…Networks without a specific branding strategy will be killed…I envision a world of highly niched services and tightly run companies without room for all the overhead the established networks carry. |
The world is changing…Networks without a specific branding strategy will be killed…I envision a world of highly niched services and tightly run companies without room for all the overhead the established networks carry. |
There will be lots of talk about whether the premiums we have offered are fair. We, of course, think they are, given the stock prices of our subsidiaries and USA in relation to each other, ... But, more important, we believe a focus on the percentage premium we are offering is beside the point. This is an offer of stock, not cash. The real premium comes in the opportunity for the shareholders of our public subsidiaries to become owners of an even stronger USA. |
This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful. |
This places all the necessary ingredients for electronic information and commerce, from 'old' soup to 'new' nuts, into one centrally and aggressively managed enterprise, |