Broadcasting began, essentially, in the hands of very, very few players - actually two - and when television came along, there were two networks, then three. Rules began to get formulated that essentially protected that concentrated group. — Barry Diller Copy Share Image
I'm just saying if you want to reach large audiences, then rely on professionals, meaning people who are in the industry and are trained for it, rather than just idiot savants. — Barry Diller Copy Share Image
Napster has pointed the way for a new direction for music distribution, and we believe it will form the basis of important and exciting… — Barry Diller Copy Share Image
I don't have answers for anybody else. What I know is that internal complexity makes for superficiality. There's never essentially a pure story unless… — Barry Diller Copy Share Image
Sometimes it seems like there's more footnotes than text. This isn't something we're proud of, and over time we'd like to see our footnotes… — Barry Diller Copy Share Image
Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go. — Barry Diller Copy Share Image
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… — Barry Diller Copy Share Image
The world is changing. Networks without a specific branding strategy will be killed. I envision a world of highly niched services and tightly run… — Barry Diller Copy Share Image
I like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing. — Barry Diller Copy Share Image
What's happened to broadcasting is that broadcasting really used to be... it used to have a very clear public service quotient. And it's more… — Barry Diller Copy Share Image
The idea of a company that's earning money, not losing money, that's not, let's say 'industrially endangered,' to have just cutbacks so they can… — Barry Diller Copy Share Image