FNC’s 15th:

The New York Daily News’ Richard Huff writes about FNC’s 15th Anniversary…

Ailes says he doesn’t look at the ratings as much now as he did in the earlier days of the network, though he’s well aware of trends.

“The toughest part of my job,” he says, “is not only maintaining the intensity but maintaining everybody’s intensity.”

To succeed in journalism, he says, you have to be curious, love the news and have an internal drive to be great. “You have to love to win and hate to lose,” he says.

So far, that’s working well at Fox and for Ailes.

The job doesn’t give him a chance to focus so much on the day-to-day aspects of programming a news network, though he loves that side of the business.

“I’ve always gone in with 10 or 15 ideas every day,” he says. “I do get a jolt out of the creative process. The biggest problem is I spend a lot of time in logistical meetings, strategy meetings, and not left alone.”

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2011/10/02/2011-10-02_fox_news_celebrates_15_years_network_has_become_no_1_in_cable_news_for_past_10.html#ixzz1ZisBQT12