I’ve always said AOL is great opportunity for somebody.
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.
More Barry Diller Quotes
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Hollywood is a community that’s so inbred, it’s a wonder the children have any teeth.
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We want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it.
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No one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet.
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I never thought I was a very good manager.
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People have paid for content. They always have.
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Now along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.
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My 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.
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The only way anyone’s going to succeed is to build the product.
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I like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing.
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We need an unambiguous rule – a law – that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.
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I absolutely believe the Internet is passing from its free days into a paid system. Inevitably, I promise you, it will be paid.
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What I’ve learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.
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The entertainment business hasn’t had a new idea in years.
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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.
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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.
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