Paley

[pey-lee]

noun

1. Grace, 1922–2007, U.S. short-story writer and poet.

2. William, 1743–1805, English theologian, philosopher, and clergyman.

3. William S., 1901–1991, U.S. broadcasting executive.

Paley

/ ˈpeɪlɪ /

noun

1. William. 1743–1805, English theologian and utilitarian philosopher. His chief works are The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy (1785), Horae Paulinae (1790), A View of the Evidences of Christianity (1794), and Natural Theology (1802)

Example Sentences

“I think the industry is underrating and underinvesting given the scale,” Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman told me the other day during our appearance at a Paley Center for Media event in Menlo Park, Calif.

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Over at CBS, founder William S. Paley had spent decades building the network’s brand and reputation and held similar beliefs.

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“The idea of bringing together these women, for the most part, in their 50s, seemed revolutionary at the time because generally, there would only be a single older woman on a show,” said Ron Simon, a senior curator at the Paley Center for Media.

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After receiving similar complaints from newly-inaugurated President Richard Nixon, Paley did as he was told.

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CBS earned the Tiffany nickname under Bill Paley, the network head responsible for empowering Edward R. Murrow to take on Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy and Walter Cronkite to define the caliber of journalism that led to the birth of “60 Minutes.”

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