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...
running world rooms
The world is changing. Networks without a specific branding strategy will be killed. I envision a world of highly niched services and tightly run companies without room for all the overhead the established networks carry.
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.
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While we fully expect continued strength in our operations going forward, course correcting adaptations are vital to the execution of a focused agenda,
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Sometimes it seems like there's more footnotes than text. This isn't something we're proud of, and over time we'd like to see our footnotes steadily shrink.
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.
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I can't imagine that there'll be any disruption of any kind, in any area, on any level or in any particular. It just simply seems to me actually impossible.
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He recently told me he felt he had completed the (organization plan) and wanted at some soon point to move on to a company he could really run. This is entirely amicable with no precise end date and he and the other key members of the company know he has my complete and continued support in whatever he decides to do.
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.
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We are all prepared to meet with the special committee and its legal and financial advisors at your earliest convenience,
good-man very-good good-manager
I never thought I was a very good manager.
years focus purpose
What I've learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.
opportunity said great-opportunity
I've always said AOL is great opportunity for somebody.
vision want able
We want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it.