Barry Diller

Why the New York Times Paywall and Match.com Work

Mike Smith | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: The Simpsons Special, New York Times, The Daily Beast, Barry Diller, Iac, David Carr, Daily Beast, New York Times Paywall, Internet Week, Media News
Mike Smith

I went to four conferences at Internet Week in New York. But the two keynotes I found most compelling were by the intractable Barry Diller and the irrepressible David Carr, who continues to celebrate the Timesasking online subscribers to actually pay!

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LOOK: High Line's Spring Benefit

Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Ny Parties, Nyc Parks, Diane Von Furstenberg, High Line, Barry Diller, High Line Spring Benefit, Friends of the High Line, Slideexpand, Sarah Jessica Parker, New York News

Friends of the High Line hosted their annual Spring Benefit on Tuesday, where some of the park's biggest fans including $20 million donors Diane von F...

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Rupert Murdoch's Fellow Plutocrats Rush To His Defense

Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Phone Hacking Report, Rupert Murdoch Phone Hacking, Phone Hacking Scandal, Barry Diller, Parliamentary Phone Hacking Report, Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch Donald Trump, Media News

Rupert Murdoch's peers, including Donald Trump and Barry Diller, came to his defense on Tuesday. Following the release of a parliamentary report th...

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Lillian Hellman--'A Difficult Woman' Re-Examined For a Still-New Century

Liz Smith | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Madonna MDNA, Lillian Hellman, Madonna Im a Sinner, Liz Smith, Barry Diller, Barbra Streisand, Lillian Hellman a Difficult Woman, Celebrity News
Liz Smith

Clearly, I recommend "A Difficult Woman." Oh, and I happened to have liked that difficult woman! I saw her often toward the end of her life and she would always send for me to come and sit down by her. After giving me grief over various things I'd written, she'd always warm up and critique the event we were attending.

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Tina Brown, Newsweek Still Face Uphill Battle

Adweek | November 12 2010 | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Newsweek, Newsweek Daily Beast, Barry Diller, Tina Brown Newsweek, Tina Brown, Daily Beast, Tina Brown Daily Beast, Media News

When the merger between Newsweek and The Daily Beast was announced almost a year ago, it seemed like it might, at least, have the makings of a good st...

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Barry Diller And Diane von Furstenberg Give High Line $20 Million

Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Bloomberg, Video, Meatpacking District, Ny News, New York Parks, Diller Von Furstenberg Foundation, High Line, Delancey-Underground, Diane Von Furstenberg, Barry Diller, New York News

Mayor Bloomberg announced the High Line would be receiving a record $20 million gift from the Diller-von-Furstenberg Family Foundation. The generous d...

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IAC Names Chelsea Clinton To Its Board

Reuters | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Company Directors, Video, Chelsea Clinton, Iac, Interactive Media, Reuters, IAC/InterActiveCorp, Media Companies, Media News, Business, Barry Diller, Business News

(Reuters) - Billionaire Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp named Chelsea Clinton to its board, the U.S. online media holding company said in a regula...

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Moguls On A Boat: Where The Rich Go Yachting

The Wrap | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Simon Cowell, Moguls, David Geffen, Barry Diller, Media Moguls, Media Moguls on Boats, Steven Spielberg, Entertainment News

August. While the nation broils and the world economy tanks … the moguls are reliably on board their yachts, and TheWrap once again fearlessly finds...

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IAC Chief: We Should Be 'Screaming' For Net Neutrality

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barry Diller, Net Neutrality Proposal, Iac, Net Neutrality, Sxsw, Technology News

Barry Diller says we should be "screaming" for net neutrality. The IAC chief stated his stance at SXSW, according to Business Insider. "The Int...

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The Biggest A-List Oscar Party Of Them All

deadline.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barry Diller Oscar Luncheon, Barry Diller Oscar Party, Barry Diller, Barru Diller Lunch, Los Angeles News

Sure, every Oscar weekend there are the Friday night agency parties -- Ari Emanuel's WME fete, and Jim Berkus" UTA party for the Coen Brothers, and Br...

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Diane von Furstenberg: Activist and Icon

Jess Blanch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Diane Von Furstenberg, Fashion Week, Andy Warhol, Fashion Designer, Pop Art, Global Women's Issues, Barry Diller, Un, New York Fashion Week 2011, Style News
Jess Blanch

Despite being immortalized as "glamazon," von Furstenberg has always been somewhat of a poster girl for women's liberation, famously saying she wanted "to lead a man's life in a women's body."

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PHOTO: Katie Couric Pushes A Mogul's Car Out Of The Snow

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Katie Couric Barry Diller, Katie Couric Snow, Barry Diller, Katie Couric, Media News

Katie Couric not only braved the snow on Thursday, she also helped out a most unlikely person: mogul Barry Diller. Luckily, someone snapped a picture ...

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Barry Diller, Wiki Leaks, and Groupon

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Julian Assange, magnify.net, Groupon, Barry Diller, Wikileaks, Steven Rosenbaum, Steve Rosenbaum, Technology News
Steve Rosenbaum

What Assange is saying is that the era of secrets is over... What the Groupon decision means is that Google, for all its power and influence, isn't the only path to a successful business with a strong revenue stream and a bright future.

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Barry Diller Steps Down As IAC CEO

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barry Diller Steps Down as Iac Ceo, Barry Diller, Iac, Media News

NEW YORK — Barry Diller and John Malone, two media moguls whose partnerships over the past 17 years have been rocky at times, are cutting more o...

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Nikki: Let's All Be Done With Barry Dilller

deadline.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nikki Finke, Barry Diller, Media News

After all, he's no longer a Hollwood honcho anymore. Plus, nobody wants to do business with him given his horrible track record of providing share...

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Daily Beast-Newsweek Merger?

New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sidney Harman, Newsweek Daily Beast, The Daily Beast, Tina Brown Newsweek, Barry Diller, Tina Brown, Newsweek, Media News

Speculation is swirling anew that Barry Diller is working on a plan to combine his IAC/InterActiveCorp-owned Daily Beast with the Newsweek digital ope...

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Newsweek, Daily Beast To Merge

Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE, 11/12: In a pair of announcements posted Thursday night, The Daily Beast and Newsweek confirmed that they will be merging. In a press release,...

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Daily Beast-Newsweek Merger OFF

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daily Beast Newsweek, Sidney Harman, Newsweek, Barry Diller, Tina Brown, Daily Beast, Magazines, Media News

UPDATE: In a Monday memo to staff, Newsweek CEO Tom Ascheim and owner Sidney Harman claimed that they, not the Daily Beast, withdrew from discussions ...

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Forty Billionaires Follow Buffett's Pledge To Donate Bulk Of Their Wealth To Charity

DailyFinance | CARRIE COOLIDGE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sanford Weill, Berkshire Hathaway, Larry Ellison, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, T. Boone Pickens, Michael Bloomberg, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Giving Pledge, Barry Diller, Ted Turner, Business News

Famed investor Warren Buffett today announced the names of 40 of America's wealthiest families and individuals who have signed on to the Giving Pledge...

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The Most Successful Business Power Couples (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Sherry Shen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Power Couples, Evelyn Lauder, Andrea Mitchell Alan Greenspan, Kate Spade, Nina Zagat, Victoria Beckham, Bill and Melinda Gates, Tim Zagat, David Beckham, Slidepollajax, Jack-Spade, Will Smith, Rupert Murdoch, Ivanka Trump, Wendi Deng, Diane Von Furstenberg, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jared Kushner, Barry Diller, Business News

These days successful celebrity marriages are rare gems. But throw in a thriving multimillion-dollar company and add a hefty dose of public scrutiny a...

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Nice Work If You Can Get It: Highest Paid CEO Of The Decade

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CEO Pay, Expedia, Larry Ellison, Barry Diller, Iac, Executive Compensation, Oracle, Business News

Larry Ellison, founder and chief executive of software maker Oracle Corp., topped the list of best-paid executives of public companies during the pas...

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Barry Diller: Paywalls Will Work ... Eventually

Posted 05.25.2011

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Barry Diller told Bloomberg TV's Betty Liu that he believes people will pay for media content in the future, and that paywalls will work eventually. ...

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Mink, Metallics & Smokey Eyes

Christy Ferer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Project Runway, Men's Wear, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, Tim Gunn, Diane Von Furstenberg, Fashion, Barry Diller, Bryant Park, Fashion Week, Calvin Klein, Charlie Rose, New York Fashion Week, Style News
Christy Ferer

The look beneath the big top, the Fall 2010 Mercedes Benz Fashion Show in Bryant Park was certainly not bleak. The noir-do-wells turned out in studded jackets and pants, flouncy hair bows, sensible shoes, and low heeled boots to see the latest-- including lots of fur, wide-brimmed hats--worn at a tilt-- and a parade of not-so-A list celebs.

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IAC Loss Has Silver Lining: Online Ad Market Improving

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: IAC Earnings, Barry Diller, Iac, Media News

SAN FRANCISCO — Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter because it wrote down the value of its search busines...

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IAC Reports 3Q Profit But Ad Revenue Down

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: IAC Earnings, Barry Diller, Iac, Media News

SAN FRANCISCO — IAC/InterActiveCorp, which runs Match.com, Ask.com and other Web sites, said Tuesday that asset sales helped it profit in the th...

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