Interactive Corp.'s identity crisis is nearly full blown. Barry Diller, the creator and would-be dismantler of IAC, is turning the company into a textbook example of how to blur a company's brand and how to confuse and and alienate customers, employees and partners. Diller quilted together a bunch of barely-alike...
Ask.com Layoffs Point to Confused Strategy at IACDiller's latest messupThis is a brilliant analysis of why Ask.com's new "strategy"is a mistake. Forget competing with Google, why not capitalize on catering to the many who have relied on Ask for the types of things they might otherwise have asked their Mom?...
JOE KERNEN, CNBC ANCHOR: Well, yesterday, I had an opportunity to sit down with one of the real legends in the media world, Barry Diller, chairman and CEO of IAC/InterActive. We touched on a number of topics, from the woes of both Hollywood and network...
IN HIS QUEST TO DOMINATE THE SEARCH ENGINE GALAXY, Barry Diller, chairman-CEO of IAC/InterActiveCorp, parent company of Ask.com, is going to crib from Darth Vader's playbook, not Luke Skywalker's. At a keynote Q&A session with SearchEngineWatch E IN HIS QUEST TO DOMINATE THE SEARCH ENGINE GALAXY,...
By Phyllis Furman, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 6--Barry Diller's messy show biz marriage with French media giant Vivendi is finally on its way to divorce court. The online mogul and Vivendi are heading to the negotiating...
By Melissa Allison, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 25--A federal judge Friday approved United Airlines' sale of its shares in online travel company Hotwire, but delayed a decision on whether the bankrupt company can sell a portion of its stake...
United Paramount Network might be dead now that News Corp. has trumped Viacom's effort to buy Chris-Craft Industries' 10 broadcast stations. News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch says he'll entertain talks about continuing to carry the fledgling netlet on the Chris-Craft stations. Most watchers don't believe News Corp. will end...
Jack Welch. The chairman/CEO of General Electric our top guy, bringing home an eye-popping $140.1 million this year in salary, bonuses and options. While some stockholders snipe at what it costs to feed and clothe Mr. W., they should keep in mind that GE's shares and earnings per share have...
For more than a decade, Diller has been on a multibillion-dollar shopping spree that created one of the Web's busiest networks. Now he has announced a plan to spin off HSN, Lending Tree, Interval, and Ticketmaster. If the restructuring goes through, the n For more than a decade, Diller has...
Dick Clark gets into records LOS ANGELES NYT -- Dick Clark Productions, one of the oldest and most financially conservative companies in the entertainment world, is taking a chance on the highly volatile recording business. The agreement marks the first time Clark, whose American Bandstand television show helped...
Despite rampant speculation to the contrary, USA Interactive Inc. chairman Barry Diller told analyst and reporters last week he has no designs on acquiring the entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal SA. But Diller said other acquisitions -- Despite rampant...
Barry Diller's bid to assume control of the Silver King Communications station group was approaching FCC approval at the end of last week. The FCC commissioners were conducting a private "circulation" vote on the application to transfer the 12 Silver King stations to...
For years, folks have been wondering if Barry Diller, once the wunderkind of Hollywood, had truly lost his fastball, as he seemingly bounced from one aimless pipe dream to another. But apparently, Diller has been doing his homework and honing ...
Should broadcasters trade the revenue generated by political advertising for a more relaxed regulatory climate? Maverick media mogul Barry Diller thinks broadcasters should at least consider the idea. More than just a show of good faith,...
Says he will engage only in one-on-one negotiations You hate to throw an auction if your biggest buyer isn't showing up. That's the prospect for Cablevision Systems' auction of its Rainbow Media entertainment networks that had been scheduled ...
In its last quarterly conference call before the pending combination of its Entertainment Group and Vivendi Universal S.A. -- and the subsequent formation of USA Interactive -- USA Networks Inc. turned in one of its best quarters ever. Cash f ...
Barry Diller is looking to unload Home Shopping Network. He no longer considers the shopping channel, the core of his company since its inception, a pivotal asset of USA Interactive. He doesn't want to sell it outright but wants to find the...
