Howard Stringer
Howard Stringer
Sir Howard Stringeris a Welsh-American businessman. He served as chairman of the board, chairman, president and CEO of Sony Corporation. He is also the head of the board of trustees of the American Film Institute and now serves as a non-executive director of the BBC...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth19 February 1942
CountryUnited States of America
Howard Stringer quotes about
company complete content insight technology understanding
No other content company has such a complete understanding of technology, and no other technology company has Sony's insight into content.
intend punish sony
Sony BMG did not intend to punish the consumer.
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I think if we're going to sell these new goods and services to the public, we first have the obligation not to mention the bottom-line imperative but to explain them clearly, ... That's the first step toward simplification. Something that's genuinely easy to use is also genuinely easy to talk about using.
angry busy company hollywood losing lost love money people spending technology
There was not much love lost between electronics and the movie company because 10 years ago, the movie company was busy losing money and the electronics company was very angry about that, ... The technology people said, 'Those people in Hollywood are spending all the money!'
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In the digital age, content lends both brain and muscle to our electronics business,
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While quarterly performance and market share are important, overall performance, together with artist relationships and the development of new and creative talent are paramount, ... Andy is exceptionally well-suited to manage the company in this challenging and ever-changing environment.
convince execute investors targets
We need to convince investors ... that we are going to execute on these targets and take them very seriously,
execute failed fight promises sony warriors
We have made promises before but we failed to execute them. We must fight like the Sony warriors that we are.
world digital excitement
In the digital world, he who hesitates is abandoned. So you have to generate 3-D excitement with as many devices as you can find.
joy determine
I have to determine whether the joy of craplets is worth preserving.
years america world
The energy of the Kennedy years was completely compelling... I had a sense of a generous society eager to change the world. Idealism was very contagious. So that's why I went to America. I didn't intend to stay.
technology glasses introducing-new
When color TV arrived, it just sat there and you saw color. I've been to retail stores where there were no 3-D glasses at all and the 3-D images were all blurred. People were coming in and saying, 'I don't want to buy that.' There's a lot of marketing connected to introducing technologies and especially introducing new experiences.
home russia world
When the digital world is really here, movies can be disseminated from satellite direct to homes and direct to small theaters in Mongolia and northern Russia and obscure places that the market for movies is going to grow and grow and grow.
technology understanding contentment
No other content company has Sony's intuitive grasp of technology and no other company has Sony's intimate understanding of the demands of content.