Jeff Zucker Quotes

• CNBC is a very serious-minded financial news network, and what we’ve seen thus far from Fox appears to be not as investment-focused or financially focused, and that’s good for us.

  Jeff Zucker

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  Tags in Seen, Financial

• We’re in this transition period of figuring out how to deal with all the new technology that is out there, but television still proves to be the granddaddy of them all.

  Jeff Zucker

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  Tags in Transition, Proves

• The television business is actually going through a tremendous transition, but I think at the end of the day, television is still paramount.

  Jeff Zucker

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  Tags in Television, Transition

• The cable model is just a better model. Dual revenue stream: advertising-supported and subscription-supported revenues.

  Jeff Zucker

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  Tags in Stream, Revenues

• Local television is a slightly different story. It is under much more pressure in the same way that all local businesses are, whether that’s a local newspaper, local radio or local television. But I think television in the aggregate is actually in very good shape.

  Jeff Zucker

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  Tags in Shape, Newspaper

• I’ve spent over half my life at NBC. This is the only place I have ever worked.

  Jeff Zucker

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  Tags in Half, Spent

• I think it’s the sign of a leader to step up and say, you know, when something’s not working to have the guts to reverse it. And the worst thing you can do is to let that mistake linger.

  Jeff Zucker

  Topics in Mistake

  Tags in Worst, Guts

• People are looking for original content in many different places, as are advertisers. This takes us into a whole new ballgame.

  Jeff Zucker

• More traffic means more advertising dollars.

  Jeff Zucker

• Michael Jackson is the ultimate traffic accident. People can’t take their eyes off him.

  Jeff Zucker

• It’s a growing trend. Viewers are our customers, but so are advertisers. And advertisers want different ways to reach our viewers.

  Jeff Zucker

• It is a significant acknowledgment that the way people are watching television is changing and the model is quickly changing.

  Jeff Zucker

• I’ve said this forever – I’ve always believed the Today show is more than the sum of its parts.

  Jeff Zucker

Jeff Zucker (13)

Birth:	9th April, 1965
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Businessman, Television Producer

About

Jeffrey Adam "Jeff" Zucker was born in Homestead, Florida, USA. He is an American businessman and TV producer. He is the current president of CNN. He previously served as president and CEO of NBC Universal. He has also served as an executive in residence at Columbia Business School. His father, Matthew was a cardiologist and his mother, Arline was a school teacher. He earned a BA degree in American history from Harvard University in 1986. In 1989, he was a field producer for Today, and at 26 he became its executive producer in 1992. He married to Caryn Zucker in 1996. They have four children.

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