I never thought I was a very good manager.
BARRY DILLERI never thought I was a very good manager.
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 DILLERI’ve not conducted my life in the service of smallness.
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 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 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 DILLERPeople have paid for content. They always have.
BARRY DILLERI still believe in synergy, but I call it natural law.
BARRY DILLERNo one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet.
BARRY DILLERWe want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it.
BARRY DILLERAll forms of commerce are adversarial.
BARRY DILLERI like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing.
BARRY DILLERNow along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.
BARRY DILLERPut one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.
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.
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