Don Hewitt Quotes
There’s not a single question about television that can’t be answered in one word: money.
Topics
The Media
Television
Commercialism
Profit Motive
One Word
Money
Media, Journalism & The Press
Advertising Revenue
Broadcast Rights
Financial Gain
Financial Motivation
Licensing Agreements
Media Economics
Merchandising Opportunities
Money Influence
Product Placement
Sponsorship Deals
TV Ratings
Television Industry
Tv Business
Citations
Don Hewitt, Executive Producer, 60 Minutes, Quoted by Phil Scheffler, CSPAN, January 19, 1998
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Donald Shepard Hewitt was an American television news producer and executive, best known for creating the CBS television news magazine 60 Minutes in 1968, which at the time of his death was the longest-running prime-time broadcast on American television. Under Hewitt's leadership, 60 Minutes was the only news program ever rated the nation's top-ranked television program, an achievement it accomplished five times. Hewitt produced the first televised presidential debate in 1960.