James Goss
James Goss
companies cross involved issue might ownership types
The restriction with a lot of the other companies (like AOL-Time Warner) might have involved cross ownership restrictions between a lot of the other types of media, but I don't think that's an issue here.
crowd follow night survivor
It's only for two weeks. The Survivor crowd will probably follow Survivor to a new night, ... It's an addicting show.
chapter higher history icons media profile ted time turner
It's the end of a chapter in Time Warner's history. Ted Turner is one of the higher profile media icons we have in this industry.
running doctors said
Now... Just run.' [said the Doctor.]
crisis toasts
I always like toast in a crisis.
dvds hbo growth
Any time you are in the content creation business, you have to leverage that content in as many ways as possible. DVD is one valuable secondary growth channel for HBO. Maybe the Internet is next.
company extreme
The company is already doing some of the things he wants, just not to the extreme he's recommending,
both companies create difficult flow hard management run sixth types
I think sometimes it's difficult to run something by committee; the management of both companies are strong-willed types of individuals. They both have their own way of doing things. That makes it hard to have the flow you need and to create the sixth network.
sort temporary
It's sort of a temporary lease on the properties.
both companies confident fairly schedule seem
Both companies seem fairly confident that they can get it done on schedule by the end of fall.
both combined fringe network obviously somewhat stronger
They've both been somewhat fringe players, so obviously they'd be a stronger network when combined together.