All forms of commerce are adversarial.
BARRY DILLERAll forms of commerce are adversarial.
BARRY DILLERIf you have too many epiphanies, you’re on some kind of drug.
BARRY DILLERPeople have paid for content. They always have.
BARRY DILLERThe ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
BARRY DILLERMy opinion, young people go to the Internet. To the Internet distribution system right now, you put it up there and it’s accessed by the world.
BARRY DILLERThe entertainment business hasn’t had a new idea in years.
BARRY DILLERI’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.
BARRY DILLERPut one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.
BARRY DILLERNow along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.
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 DILLERTicketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
BARRY DILLERI like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing.
BARRY DILLERWhat I’ve learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.
BARRY DILLERSince I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.
BARRY DILLERWe want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it.
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.
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