Irresponsible Quote by Dan Rather

Yes, you are running businesses, and yes, we understand and accept that, but surely there must be a level beyond which profit from news…

— Christiane Amanpour

By the same token, I think news has more and more of a pro bono aspect to all the networks. When we do our…

— Leslie Moonves

Fox News has a very-high-income audience, and I think that any business channel automatically draws that. We're not gonna reach for a lower financial…

— Roger Ailes

Perhaps profit isn't everything, but nothing works without profit. Profit is the basis for independent journalism.

— Mathias Dopfner

News may not be very profitable anymore, but it sure is popular.

— Ari Melber

I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana.

— Phil Donahue

Remember,the press is a business: Newspapers and magazines are in business to make money - sometimes at the expense of accuracy, fairness and even…

— Michael Jackson

With every story that TV covers, somebody - some corporation, some shareholders - are making money. That's true whether covering Libya, Iraq, the tsunami…

— Nancy Grace

Rarely, if ever, has a cable news channel employed a host who has previously campaigned for the business goals of the channel's parent company.…

— Brian Stelter

Journalists are like whores; as high as their ideals may be, they still have to resort to tricks to make money.

— Pierce Thorne

The basic problem is with the business model of journalism. That business model is premised on the idea that talk is cheap and reporting…

— Jonathan Alter

At CNN, our view is that good journalism equals good business.

— Anonymous