Barry Diller
Barry Diller
Barry Charles Dilleris an American businessman, who currently serves as the Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp and Expedia, Inc. and the media executive responsible for the creation of Fox Broadcasting Company and USA Broadcasting. Diller is a member of the Television Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1994...
world want surprise
I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
feet dumb progression
Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.
thinking years ideas
The idea of a company that's earning money, not losing money, that's not, let's say 'industrially endangered,' to have just cutbacks so they can earn another $12 million or $20 million or $40 million in a year where no one's counting is really a horrible act when you think about it on every level. First of all, it's certainly not necessary. It's doing it at the worst time. It's throwing people out to a larger, what is inevitably a larger unemployment heap for frankly no good reason.
air signals ability
The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
years focus purpose
What I've learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.
vision want able
We want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it.
reality world painful
This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
night two giving
The American public tunes in every night hoping to see two people screwing. Obviously, we can't give them that but let's always keep it in mind.
want be-you
I'm never absolutely sure of anything, and I don't want to be. You're either right and you'll pull through, or you're not. We're never going to be right about everything, and we've certainly been wrong.
drug kind epiphany
If you have too many epiphanies, you're on some kind of drug.
form commerce
All forms of commerce are adversarial.
ideas miracle world
Well, the Internet is this miracle. It is an absolutely extraordinary idea that you can press a send button, and you are publishing to the world.
law steps needs
We need an unambiguous rule - a law - that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.
artist tickets doe
Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.