I still believe in synergy, but I call it natural law.
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 never thought I was a very good manager.
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All forms of commerce are adversarial.
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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 entertainment business hasn’t had a new idea in years.
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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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I’ve always said AOL is great opportunity for somebody.
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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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We’re in a world now where it’s not enough to be smart. You have to be curious.
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The only way anyone’s going to succeed is to build the product.
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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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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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We need an unambiguous rule – a law – that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.
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I don’t want to set the world up for surprises.
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I’ve not conducted my life in the service of smallness.
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Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.
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