The entertainment business hasn’t had a new idea in years.
BARRY DILLERThe entertainment business hasn’t had a new idea in years.
BARRY DILLERWe want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it.
BARRY DILLERPeople have paid for content. They always have.
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.
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 DILLERIf you have too many epiphanies, you’re on some kind of drug.
BARRY DILLERI like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing.
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 DILLERThe only way anyone’s going to succeed is to build the product.
BARRY DILLERThe ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
BARRY DILLERWhat I’ve learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.
BARRY DILLERI don’t want to set the world up for surprises.
BARRY DILLERI still believe in synergy, but I call it natural law.
BARRY DILLERWe need an unambiguous rule – a law – that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.
BARRY DILLERNo one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet.
BARRY DILLER