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
hard-work thinking careers
I think the must-have power qualities for a female or male power leader are really the ability to focus, to work hard, to be extremely goal oriented and to not let the noise and the nonsense interfere with your mission - what you really feel you want to do with your career and your life.
kids saving down-and
Pages were always supposed to be off-camera - we were supposed to be invisible. But I had a moment where I saw a kid who was ready to flip himself out of the balcony, so I ran down and grabbed him and put him back in his seat. I remember the stage manager taking me aside and saying, "Can you please never do that again? I know you were saving his life, but we have you in the shot."
issues way different
Piracy is a huge, huge issue for all of these major content companies, and everybody has a different way of addressing it.
inspirational believe differences
Before you can make a difference, you have to believe you can.
jobs ideas people
I'm naturally curious, and I've always been driven by my curiosity. Curiosity gets people excited. Curiosity leads to new ideas, new jobs, new industries.
morning college america
While I was in college, I became a page at ABC. Suddenly I was working for Good Morning America, local news, national news. The page is the lowest rung of the ladder, and it's the also the place where you can ask any question and not feel dumb.
leadership jobs scare
Take the job or the project that scares you a little. It's the one with the most to teach you.
worry failing torque
It’s amazing what you can do when you stop worrying about failing.
positive strong-women female
Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you're proud to live.
broad niche producing tent
When you are producing for ABC, you are producing for a big tent network. So when you are thinking about your story lines and characters, you are thinking about broad appeal. When you are producing for a niche interest, you are producing for a different audience.
abc opportunity saw
We saw Hulu as an opportunity to broaden our audience for ABC content.
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?'
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.
consider format gone great huge license sold success travel
'Dancing with the Stars' is a great format for us. It's a format we license from the BBC, so that can't travel for us, but we consider it a great success. 'Desperate Housewives,' on the other hand, a huge success for us internationally. 'Missing' has actually sold to 80 territories before it's even gone on the air.