Roone Arledge Quotes
I don't think any industry was ever as closely scrutinized and written about and constantly in the public eye as television.
Topics
The Public
Television
Media Attention
Popular Culture, Pop Culture
Public Eye
Media Coverage
Audience Engagement
Broadcast Regulation
Critical Analysis
Media Criticism
Media Scrutiny
Public Attention
Public Perception
Public Scrutiny
Regulatory Oversight
Television Industry
Industry Criticism
Citations
Arledge, Roone. Roone: A Memoir. HarperCollins, 2003.
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Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. was an American sports and news broadcasting executive who was president of ABC Sports from 1968 until 1986 and ABC News from 1977 until 1998, and a key part of the company's rise to competition with the two other main television networks, NBC and CBS, in the 1960s, '70s, '80s and '90s. He created many programs still airing today, such as Monday Night Football, ABC World News Tonight, Primetime, Nightline and 20/20. John Heard portrayed him in the 2002 TNT movie Monday Night Mayhem.