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The entertainment business hasn’t had a new idea in years.

Barry Diller

I like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing.
BARRY DILLER

Firsts Publishing Transition
I don’t want to set the world up for surprises.
BARRY DILLER

Surprise Want World
We need an unambiguous rule – a law – that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.
BARRY DILLER

Law Needs Steps
You really want to get a headache? Try to understand Internet advertising.
BARRY DILLER

Advertising Trying Want
We’re in a world now where it’s not enough to be smart. You have to be curious.
BARRY DILLER

Enough Smart World
Hollywood is a community that’s so inbred, it’s a wonder the children have any teeth.
BARRY DILLER

Children Community Hollywood
If you have too many epiphanies, you’re on some kind of drug.
BARRY DILLER

Drug Epiphany Kind
All forms of commerce are adversarial.
BARRY DILLER

Adversarial Commerce Form
What I’ve learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.
BARRY DILLER

Focus Purpose Years
No one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet.
BARRY DILLER

Economic Issues Models Solve
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.
BARRY DILLER

Buttons Ideas Miracle
I absolutely believe the Internet is passing from its free days into a paid system. Inevitably, I promise you, it will be paid.
BARRY DILLER

Believe Internet Promise
People have paid for content. They always have.
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Always Content Paid People
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.
BARRY DILLER

Rooms Running World
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.
BARRY DILLER

Night Obvious People Screw Two
Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
BARRY DILLER

Artist Ticketmaster Tickets

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