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Barry Diller Predicts the Return of Paid Content on the Web

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Jun 122009

IAC/InterActiveCorp CEO Barry Diller, giving the keynote address at the Advertising 2.0 conference in New York this week, characterized the prevelance of free content on the web as, “an accidental historical moment that will absolutely be corrected.” He went on to cite the Apple’s iTunes online store — with its convenient, streamlined payments — as a model for paid content on the web. CNET June 10, 2009

Diller’s Dilemma: What to do with $2 Billion in Cash?

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Feb 062009

Barry Diller’s interest seems to be moving from “shopping at home” to “dating abroad,” having spun off the now-sputtering HSN and purchasing the leading Chinese dating sites, eDodo. He alluded to the possibility of InterActiveCorp’s making a “transformational acquisition” during an early February earnings call. What will it be? Forbes Feb. 5, 2009

Barry Diller Thankful to Complete IAC Split Before Financial Crisis

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Oct 022008

Billionaire dealmaker Barry Diller is breathing a sigh of relief at having completed the split of conglomerate IAC/InterActiveCorp into five companies, including HSN Inc., this summer. “If we had tried to finance the spin transactions now we’d be frozen. We’d have no chance of doing it. Or it would cost us so much money that you wouldn’t justify it.” Associated Press Oct. 1, 2008