Hi, Want a great job? Run a TV network — you’ll have more power than almost anyone else in the media business. Want a really hard job? Run a TV network — you’ll be under constant assault from the forces that are remaking the media business, in real time. Sounds like Kara Swisher and I should have some people who run TV networks onstage at the next Code Media conference, right? We agree: That’s why we’ve invited Peter Rice, who runs 21st Century Fox’s TV operations, and Nancy Dubuc, CEO of A+E Networks, to join us in Southern California on February 12 and 13. If you’re getting this email, you’ve got a sense of the challenges Rice and Dubuc are dealing with: Cord-cutting, advertiser pressure and a constant battle for viewers’ eyeballs — not just from other channels, but from Facebook, YouTube and every other digital challenger. They’ll give us firsthand reports on the way they’re responding — while offering you insight about the way you should manage your business — live, onstage, in our signature red chair interviews. | Peter Rice runs almost every part of Fox’s TV empire. Its broadcast channel, its studio operations and all of its cable channels (except for Fox News, which reports directly to Rupert Murdoch). And it looks like he’s working on plans to sell at least some of those assets directly to consumers, like HBO and CBS are already doing. Meanwhile, Disney has come calling... | | | | | | Nancy Dubuc made a splash by championing the reality-show hits that vaulted A+E Networks up the ratings charts a few years ago. She’s still managing her core TV networks like A&E and Lifetime, but she’s also experimenting aggressively with new brands and digital tests: Last year, Dubuc converted one of her networks into Vice’s Viceland channel, and it looks like she’s having success finding new audiences on Snapchat and Facebook. |
They’ll be joining an impressive list of speakers that we’ll be telling you about for the rest of this year. And we’ll be meeting at a pretty excellent place to spend two days in February — the luxurious Paséa Hotel and Spa, right next to the Pacific Ocean. Register now for our First Mover discount, and we’ll see you there. See you in February! Peter Kafka
Senior Editor, Media
Recode
More about our speakers:
 | | Nancy Dubuc
President and CEO, A+E Networks
As president and CEO of A+E Networks, Nancy Dubuc oversees A&E, Lifetime, History, Lifetime Movies, FYI and Viceland, along with A+E Studios, A+E Networks International, A&E Indie Films, 45th & Dean and brand licensing, reaching 335 million households in more than 200 territories. In a 2016 joint venture with Vice Media, Dubuc launched Viceland. She has invested in top content creators through A+E Studios, in addition to creating A+E Ventures, which strategically invests in early-stage content and technology companies. |
 | | Peter Rice
President, 21st Century Fox
Chairman and CEO, Fox Networks Group
Peter Rice oversees Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Sports, FX Networks, National Geographic, 20th Century Fox Television and FNG Latin America, Europe and Asia. Fox Networks Group is home to record-setting shows like Empire, The Americans, The Simpsons, Fargo, American Horror Story, This Is Us, Modern Family and Mars, which earned 113 Primetime Emmy nominations in 2017 — an all-time high. Rice previously served as chairman of entertainment of Fox Broadcasting Company, and as president of Fox Searchlight Pictures. |
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