Categories: Barry Diller

Rumblings Over Online Copyrights Grow Louder In Europe

Posted by: Jon Fine on July 10

I am trying to decide if this story, this kind of threat—albeit an indirect one—is the sort of thing that can be taken seriously. Eric Pfanner in today’s New York…

Barry Diller And I Don’t Agree About Charging For Online Content

Posted by: Jon Fine on June 10

A few hours ago I interviewed IAC Chairman-CEO Barry Diller onstage at the Advertising 2.0 conference, During said interview, he came out much more strongly in favor of paid content…

What Would You Ask Barry Diller?

Posted by: Jon Fine on June 09

In the shoulda-done-this-earlier department: I’m interviewing IAC Chairman and CEO Barry Diller onstage tomorrow at the Advertising 2.0 conference in Manhattan. There’s no set agenda for our discussion, but, as…

John Malone’s Worries About Local News And Local Media

Posted by: Jon Fine on May 27

(Liberty Media Chairman and overall media tough-guy John Malone just got offstage at this year’s All Things Digital conference. A question from the audience eprompted the following thoughts from Malone…

Barry Diller Defends TicketMaster Against Allegations Regarding TicketsNow. Does Not Mention (Or Apologize To) Bruce Springsteen

Posted by: Jon Fine on February 10

And Bruce, if you haven’t heard, is not happy. Although TicketMaster can take heart that at least Bruce’s angry fans, or politicians seeking to piggyback on their anger haven’t…

A Thought For Time Warner Regarding AOL: Keep The Access Business And Sell Everything Else

Posted by: Jon Fine on August 06

There is now a case to be made for Time Warner to hold onto AOL’s dial-up subscriber business and sell the troubled online unit’s advertising and content businesses. As they…

Diller Is Totally Over The Hollywood Thing

Posted by: Jon Fine on May 28

“It’s a community so inbred, it’s a wonder the children have any teeth. Not a lot of air gets in.” —Barry Diller, regarding Hollywood, onstage today at the All Things…

Barry Diller At The All Things Digital Conference: Story Guy Glimpses Ending Of Narrative As We Once Knew It

Posted by: Jon Fine on May 28

Just saw Barry Diller interviewed onstage by Kara Swisher at the All Things Digital conference. When Swisher asked him what he thought about the valuation Facebook got from Microsoft, he…