Anne Sweeney
Anne Sweeney
Anne Marie Sweeneyis an American businesswoman. She was formerly the co-chair of Disney Media, President of the Disney–ABC Television Group, and the President of Disney Channel from 1996 to 2014...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth4 November 1957
CityKingston, NY
CountryUnited States of America
opportunity people gone
The 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.
careers curiosity want
I really moved through my career based on curiosity about something. I never looked at a title and said, 'I want that.'
optimistic dvds remember
I remember when cable happened and everyone said broadcast was dead, and then satellite happened and everyone said cable was dead, and then DVDs happened and everyone said everything was over. Nothing was over. I'm very optimistic about the future.
thinking people important
I look at power as the ability to get people motivated and to get them to do things that maybe they don't think are important but, in the end, are in pursuit of something greater than themselves.
titles want said
I never looked at a title and said, I want that.
encouragement thinking talking
I think the greatest thing we give each other is encouragement...knowing that I'm talking to someone in this mentoring relationship who's interested in the big idea here is very, very important to me. I think if it were just about helping me get to the next step, it would be a heck of a lot less interesting.
successful thinking people
I see a lot of women of every age trying to be something else. I see them trying to imitate behaviors that they think belong to successful people.
leadership giving expectations
Surround yourself with the best people and then get out of their way. Give them a chance to exceed your expectations and they usually will.
watches television
Television has always been something you watch; now, increasingly, it is also something you do.
almost power understanding
To have influence, you really don't need to have power. But what you need more than anything else is to have that almost uncanny understanding of what matters to people.
jobs mean
One of the things that is very important to me is how I feel about my team. And not just what their jobs are but what they mean to one another.
consumer figure integrate realize taken technology
I think we all realize the consumer has taken control, and they're not giving it back. So as every new technology comes forward, we have to figure out how to integrate it.
hard people
Too many times, adults walk into situations, and people have already put them in a box: 'Oh, you write comedy.' Or, 'You're the development woman.' And it's not just our profession. It's hard to look at someone and say, 'What else is inside?'
abc opportunity saw
We saw Hulu as an opportunity to broaden our audience for ABC content.