Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.
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.
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Now along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.
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This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
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I’ve always said AOL is great opportunity for somebody.
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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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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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I’ve not conducted my life in the service of smallness.
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No one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet.
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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 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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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.
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The only way anyone’s going to succeed is to build the product.
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We’re in a world now where it’s not enough to be smart. You have to be curious.
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Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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I’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.
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