Brian Lamb
Brian Lamb
Brian Patrick Lamb is an American journalist and the founder, executive chairman, and now retired CEO of C-SPAN; an American cable network which provides coverage of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate as well as other public affairs events. Prior to launching C-SPAN in 1979, Lamb held various communications roles including White House telecommunications policy staffer and Washington bureau chief for Cablevision magazine. He also served as a commissioned officer in the United States Navy for four years...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth9 October 1941
CityLafayette, IN
My basic approach to interviewing is to ask the basic questions that might even sound naive, or not intellectual. Sometimes when you ask the simple questions like 'Who are you?' or 'What do you do?' you learn the most.
We did receive, late last week, their response and their plan. We are evaluating it to see if they are compliant. We will be talking to them. We wanted to see their plan and also how they will execute it.
Lamb's show was the most straitlaced stream-of-consciousness bit of showbiz on a rigidly anti-showbiz outlet in the history of entertainment.
We protested and appealed to let our cameras in, but Scalia won and we were kept out, ... Albany is a political town, too, and this shouldn't come as a surprise.
When you add it all up, I've committed about 1.8 years of my life to reading books for the series. It's time to use all those hours in other ways.
Chemical engineers aren't really cool. People enjoy what they study and want to do something cool with it.
From the beginning, we promised folks that they'll see whatever event we cover in its entirety, from gavel to gavel - whether it's the House of Representatives or the Senate. That's the whole reason for being.
In May, we could see things were going from beginning to end, ... But it was a fragile system, and we had to harden it so it could handle the rigors of daily use.
That's a selling point for me. So many more students will have a lot more access to classes.
It's one of the most exciting things we do. There are a lot of sharp people in education and we are able to show that. The best part is the spontaneity of it all.