Richard Parsons
Richard Parsons
Richard Dean "Dick" Parsons, an American business executive, is the former chairman of Citigroup and the former chairman and CEO of Time Warner. He stepped down as CEO of Time Warner on December 31, 2007. He is currently the interim CEO of the Los Angeles Clippers NBA franchise...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth4 April 1948
CountryUnited States of America
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As I said to the investors today, 'Don't judge us by what we said, judge us by what we do,' ... It's going to take us a little while to do some things. But if quarter by quarter we show movement and progress against this plan, I think the investors will then sort of say, 'Well, you know, they've got something there.'
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sort of hit the pause button on that.
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I was a middle child. I grew up in Brooklyn with three sisters and a brother. You know what that means: everybody is constantly fighting with everybody and you are in the middle of the storm trying to make peace. That is your life. Making everybody work and play well together.
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It is possible the SEC ... the two streams will cross, ... We haven't gotten to that bridge yet, let alone figured out how to cross it. We, like everyone else, have to think of alternative ways to get home if one road is blocked.
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Jeff is smart, there's no question in anybody's mind. Everyone knows this man is the future for our company.
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We are the only media company with a major stake in the Internet
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Overall, I'm pleased with the results from most of our businesses,
I think it can be done, and we try to do it,
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My biggest dream for this company is to restore it - to bring Time Warner back to the position that I think it once had and, even better than that, to make it the greatest company in the media and entertainment world.
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While I'm pleased with the first six months of 2003, I think it's fair to say we still have a lot of hard work in front of us,
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We're trying to actually accelerate the transition of our narrowband customers who are inclined to leave for broadband anyway. Keeping them in our house and in our network and in our universe from an advertising perspective makes sense.
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While no one can stand here and say we're never going to make a mistake, we're not going to make a mistake out of aggressiveness,
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We like the business, ... This is a superior platform for delivery of voice and data going forward. It protects and defends our content business. It doesn't mean we're going to go out and do something imprudent.
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Time Warner had another strong quarter on an operating basis against some tough comparisons, ... I continue to be very enthusiastic about the performance of our businesses.