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.
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.
More Barry Diller Quotes
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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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I like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing.
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If you have too many epiphanies, you’re on some kind of drug.
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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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Hollywood is a community that’s so inbred, it’s a wonder the children have any teeth.
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People have paid for content. They always have.
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Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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Now along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.
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I don’t want to set the world up for surprises.
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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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I never thought I was a very good manager.
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Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.
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You really want to get a headache? Try to understand Internet advertising.
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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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I’ve not conducted my life in the service of smallness.
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