You really want to get a headache? Try to understand Internet advertising.
BARRY DILLERI like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing.
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Now along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.
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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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This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
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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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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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Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.
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People have paid for content. They always have.
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Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.
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All forms of commerce are adversarial.
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We want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it.
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I never thought I was a very good manager.
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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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No one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet.
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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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Facebook’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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