I absolutely believe the Internet is passing from its free days into a paid system. Inevitably, I promise you, it will be paid.
BARRY DILLERIf you have too many epiphanies, you’re on some kind of drug.
More Barry Diller Quotes
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Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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We want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it.
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If you have too many epiphanies, you’re on some kind of drug.
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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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The entertainment business hasn’t had a new idea in years.
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This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
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I don’t want to set the world up for surprises.
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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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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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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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Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.
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Now along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.
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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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Hollywood is a community that’s so inbred, it’s a wonder the children have any teeth.
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