Barry Diller Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“People, me included, have a truly emotional thing about this iPad.”

“The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.”

“The entertainment business hasn't had a new idea in years.”

“The only way anyone's going to succeed is to build the product.”

“Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.”

“We need an unambiguous rule - a law - that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.”

“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.”

“The business model for content is to be paid for it. You can be paid for it either though advertising or subscriptions or some new invention, but right now what we've got is advertising revenue and subscription revenue as the only way to be paid for content.”

“Companies like GE and Procter & Gamble have been in business for a long time. Over decades or a century you're bound to figure out a management structure that works.”

“I'm sure there are some commercial applications for Twitter, but they don't really interest me. I mean, 140 characters? I am really not interested in Ashton Kutcher's daily walks. Not for me.”