No one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet.
BARRY DILLERTicketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
More Barry Diller Quotes
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I’ve always said AOL is great opportunity for somebody.
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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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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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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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All forms of commerce are adversarial.
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People have paid for content. They always have.
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This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
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I still believe in synergy, but I call it natural law.
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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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Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.
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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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Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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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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