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...
creative different internet
Now along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.
running games yesterday
It's not that you don't want to earn as much money as you can - it is your obligation, of course - but companies have obligations beyond that and they certainly have obligations beyond that at certain times, in the times in which they operate. And they also certainly ought to know that meeting and beating expectations is probably yesterday's game and it will be increasingly so, which would be by the way very healthy for companies. Running a company that meets and beats expectations, and that runs their company accordingly, are companies that I would question why anyone would invest in.
feet dumb progression
Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.
real taken may
Facebook's the real deal. Nobody can buy Facebook now. Everybody has taken an angle at it. But Facebook may be the place that organizes everybody's personal information. It's got a very good chance of being that.
air signals ability
The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
smart world enough
We're in a world now where it's not enough to be smart. You have to be curious.
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.
smallness
I've not conducted my life in the service of smallness.
trying want advertising
You really want to get a headache? Try to understand Internet advertising.
committee earliest financial legal meet prepared special
We are all prepared to meet with the special committee and its legal and financial advisors at your earliest convenience,
product ready search serious
We're ready to compete. We're very serious about this. Search evolves. We have a product that I think is part of that.
continues dominant electronic excuse information necessary places player soup towards transition
This places all the necessary ingredients for electronic information and commerce, from 'old' soup to 'new' nuts, into one centrally and aggressively managed enterprise. There is no excuse now for us not to be a dominant player as the world continues its transition towards interactive systems.
execution quarter results year
Results for the quarter and year are better than good; superb execution is the reason.
feat man media road roots similarly speaking
Terry's a thoughtful, intelligent man and he did not take his media imperialist roots to Sunnyvale. And that's what got him on the road to fluency, which he's mastered. That's some feat for an old-media dog, speaking as one who could be similarly described.