Reese Schonfeld

“We're going to go on the air June 1, and we're going to stay on until the end of the world. When that time comes, we'll cover it, play 'Nearer My God to Thee,' and sign off.”

“My notion was to program news like a radio station. You would have headlines on the hour and half-hour. You'd have a sports block at a certain time. You'd have a business block.”

“I created the monster. Now it's out of control.”

“He was a buccaneer. I was a newsman.”

“The original CNN was the most exciting place in the world for a journalist to be.”

“He didn't need me anymore. He had learned from me everything I could teach him about television news.”

“News is a commodity, and it should be delivered as such.”