Quotes
"CBS and I are not getting divorced, we are ‘consciously uncoupling,’ but we will still spend holidays together and share custody of the fake horse and robot skeleton, both of whom we love very much."
- Craig Ferguson announcing that he will be leaving The Late Late Show at the end of this year.
"Alcon takes responsibility for its successes and failures, and Warner Bros worked hard on the distribution and marketing. It is a big, big disappointment to us, a horrible outcome, but we learn and move on.”"
- Andrew Kosove, co-CEO and co-founder of Alcon Entertainment, speaking about the box office failure of Transcendence starring Johnny Depp.
"Vin is a very unique case in that he curates [his social media profile] himself ...the voice is authentic and all the posts seem real because they are real. He has a genuine relationship with his fans."
- Michael Moses, Co-President of Marketing at Universal Pictures, speaking about Vin Diesel, To Deadline Hollywood.
"You can get more out of your Upfronts. The massive effort you put into the event doesn’t have to stop with the conclusion of your presentation; it can act as a foundation for change to your brand’s strategy, creative and marketing."
- Dan Pappalardo, Founder and CEO, Troika in his Cynsiders column: Maximizing Your Upfront Efforts.
"Your technological model is based solely on circumventing legal prohibitions that you don’t want to comply with. There’s no reason for you to have 10,000 dime-sized antennas except to get around the Copyright Act."
- U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to Aereo attorney David Frederick during yesterday's ABC v. Aereo arguments.
"It would be inappropriate for me to forecast anything or presume anything, but we think the logic that we have laid out is very compelling, sound logic. We are confident in the merits of our position and we are eager to find out what the Supreme Court thinks."
- Aereo founder and CEO Chet Kanojia to Time Magazine speaking about today's arguments (ABC vs. Aereo) in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
"Kermit the Frog had it right: it’s not easy being green. As we prepare to celebrate Earth Day tomorrow, those of us concerned with environmental protection face a conundrum. Earth Day is the time for renewal of the environmental movement: how do we get and keep people interested in one of the most important issues of our time?"
- Mark Kitchell, director, producer and writer of American Masters: A Fierce Green Fire, in today's Cynsiders column
" There can be a happy medium between a tabloid at the grocery checkout and The Financial Times in terms of meeting the intellectual levels of your audience. There’s nothing wrong with either end of the spectrum as long as it’s done well. "
- Lee Abrams, Co-Founder of TouchVision, in today's Cynsiders column.
"The issue with Google is you want to support the management in their efforts to find new revenue streams, but you don't want them to act careless with shareholder capital."
- Colin Gillis of BCG Partners on Google's disappointing 1st quarter revenue results.
"We thought Jimmy would do well. We didn’t know he would hit a grand-slam home run."
- Linda Yaccarino, President for Advertising Sales, NBCUniversal, speaking to reporters about the higher than expected ratings for Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show
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