I absolutely believe the Internet is passing from its free days into a paid system. Inevitably, I promise you, it will be paid.
BARRY DILLERI absolutely believe the Internet is passing from its free days into a paid system. Inevitably, I promise you, it will be paid.
BARRY DILLERThe 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.
BARRY DILLERThe ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
BARRY DILLERThis is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
BARRY DILLERI still believe in synergy, but I call it natural law.
BARRY DILLERFacebook’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.
BARRY DILLERPut one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.
BARRY DILLERWell, 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.
BARRY DILLERHollywood is a community that’s so inbred, it’s a wonder the children have any teeth.
BARRY DILLERThe 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.
BARRY DILLERThe entertainment business hasn’t had a new idea in years.
BARRY DILLERPeople have paid for content. They always have.
BARRY DILLERWe need an unambiguous rule – a law – that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.
BARRY DILLERWe’re in a world now where it’s not enough to be smart. You have to be curious.
BARRY DILLERI never thought I was a very good manager.
BARRY DILLERI like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing.
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