Alex Pareene Quotes

Whether you're talking about MSNBC or Fox or CNN, it's all about getting enough interest out there, sensationalizing the story in such a way that people are compelled to tune in.

It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.

The key measurement will not be how many people are watching the Univision network. But, believe me, I still think we are going to grow and are shooting for No. 1, and that spot is certainly on our radar. But engagement will be the focus and the main measure.

One of the reasons why when Elvis dies or the Son of Sam is captured ABC News' ratings go up is because people who don't normally watch news are watching then. The question is, do you want to attract people who don't watch network news or fight over the people who do?

Even to current-events junkies, the notion of a 24-hour news channel sounded like a gimmick when the Cable News Network launched more than 30 years ago.

Today, especially, when there are so many stations for viewers to choose from, if they want news, they always come to CNN and that's where I wanted to be.

I watch a ton of CNN.

When the Paris terror attacks happen, when war breaks out in Ukraine, when unrest happens in Ferguson, people know that CNN is the place to come.

When you're in the news business, you always expect the unexpected.

TV producers want ratings and are willing to do nearly anything to get them. They gin up artificial conflicts and create an urgency for even the most minor of economic data points.

In this age of 24-7 headlines, the term 'newsweekly' seems almost quaint.

If China were to explode, I'd want to be there in a flash. If there's a big story, I want to be there.

The whole idea of television news or any kind of news is to inform people about things they need to know about.

You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.

I'm a news junkie.

With 24-hour news... the story moves on with the media.

We are in the business of gathering the news. We're not in the business of talking about the news.

It won't make for a quiet life but it will make for an interesting paper vastly more significant because it is doing something only a daily paper can do.

Nobody really knows what makes a hit TV show.

Newspaper readership is declining like crazy. In fact, there's a good chance that nobody is reading my column.

I think it's really good that you have great competition among news networks, and for that matter all the networks in general. It's bringing more and more people in to watching the news.

I love covering stories that have huge historic impacts.

I developed my love for the news because of my love for international news.

The ad revenues still go up because nothing dependably delivers the eyeballs that successful series do.

'Lost' did alright, you know. Not that I didn't get into it - I just never watched enough of them; but the uphill battle is that you've got to stay tuned.