Barry Diller at the Web 2.0 Conference 2005.

Barry Diller (born February 2, 1942 in San Francisco, California) is a media executive responsible for the creation of Fox Broadcasting Company. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (706x1000, 143 KB) Barry Diller at the Web 2. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (706x1000, 143 KB) Barry Diller at the Web 2. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Nickname: The City by the Bay; Fog City Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: City-County San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Area    - City 122 km²  (47 sq mi)  - Land 121. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States and Canada. ...

Biography

Barry Diller was raised in Beverly Hills and began his career in the mailroom of the William Morris Agency, after dropping out of UCLA after one semester. He was hired by ABC in 1966 and was soon placed in charge of negotiating broadcast rights to feature films. He was promoted to vice president in charge of feature films and program development in 1969. In this position, Diller created the ABC Movie of the Week, pioneering the concept of the made-for-television movie through a regular series of 90-minute films produced exclusively for television. Beverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. ... Founded in 1898, the William Morris Agency was the largest diversified talent and literary agency in the world, with offices in New York, Beverly Hills, Nashville, Miami, London, and Shanghai. ... The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university situated in the neighborhood of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... A reel of film, which predates digital cinematography. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... A television movie (also known as a TV film, TV movie, TV-movie, feature-length drama, made-for-TV movie, movie of the week (MOTW or MOW), single drama, telemovie, telefilm, or two-hour-long drama) is a film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network. ...

Diller served for ten years as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Pictures Corporation starting in 1974. With Diller at the helm, the studio produced hit television programs such as Laverne & Shirley (1976), Taxi (1978), and Cheers (1982) and films ranging from Saturday Night Fever (1977), and Grease (1978) to Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and its sequel Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) to Terms of Endearment (1983) and Beverly Hills Cop (1984). A chief executive officer (CEO), or chief executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, or agency. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Laverne & Shirley was a popular American television situation comedy which ran on ABC from 1976 to 1983. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Taxi is a American sitcom that originally aired from 1978 to 1982 on ABC, and from 1982 to 1983 on NBC. The series focused on the every day life of a handful of New York City taxi drivers working for the Sunshine Cab Company, as well as their abusive boss... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Cheers was a American situation comedy produced by Charles-Burrows-Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television for NBC. Cheers was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 movie starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated by visits to a New York discotheque. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Raiders of the Lost Ark, also known as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, is a film released by Paramount Pictures in 1981. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a 1984 action/adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Terms of Endearment is a 1983 American drama film and romantic comedy. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Beverly Hills Cop (1984) is an American comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

From October 1984 to April 1992, he held the positions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fox, Inc, parent company of Fox Broadcasting Company and 20th Century Fox, where he greenlighted hits like The Simpsons. Diller quit 20th Century-Fox in 1992 and purchased a $25 million stake in QVC teleshopping network. Diller resigned from QVC in 1995. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States and Canada. ... Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... QVC is a West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA, based multinational corporation, specialising in televised home shopping. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Diller is currently the Chairman of Expedia and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IAC/InterActiveCorp, an interactive commerce conglomerate and the parent of companies including Home Shopping Network, Ticketmaster, Match.com and Citysearch. In 2005, IAC/InterActiveCorp acquired Ask.com, marking a strategic move into the Internet search category. Diller has been on the board of The Coca-Cola Company since 2002. The new headquarters of IAC/InterActiveCorp was designed by Frank Gehry and is scheduled to open summer 2006 at 18th Street and the West Side Highway in Manhattan's fashionable Chelsea neighborhood. The western half of the block is dedicated to the building which stands several stories taller than the massive Chelsea Piers Sporting complex just across the West Side Highway. The extra floors guarantee a panoramic Hudson River view from Diller's top-floor office. Screenshot of expedia. ... IAC/InterActiveCorp NASDAQ: IACI is an American conglomerate with interests in electronic retailing, Internet and interactive media, local media services, online personals, real estate and financial services. ... The Home Shopping Network (HSN) is a mostly 24-hour shopping network that is seen on cable, satellite, and some terrestrial channels in the United States. ... Ticketmaster is the worlds largest seller of event tickets. ... Match. ... Citysearch is an Internet company providing local search services for consumers and pay-for-performance advertising for businesses. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ask. ... The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the largest manufacturer, distributor and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world. ... IAC/InterActiveCorp NASDAQ: IACI is an American conglomerate with interests in electronic retailing, Internet and interactive media, local media services, online personals, real estate and financial services. ... Gehrys most famous work, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Ephraim Owen Goldberg, February 28, 1929 in Toronto, Canada) is an architect known for his sculptural approach to building design. ...

In 2001, Diller married fashion designer and longtime friend Diane von Fürstenberg. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Diane von Fürstenberg Diane von Fürstenberg is a fashion designer, businesswoman, and New York City socialite. ...

Diller is responsible for what the media dubs "The Killer Dillers" -- people who Diller mentored and who later became big-time media executives in their own right. Examples include Michael Eisner (who was President & COO of Paramount Pictures while Diller was Chairman & CEO of Paramount Pictures, who went on to become Chairman & CEO of The Walt Disney Company), Dawn Steel (future head of Columbia Pictures and the first woman to run a movie studio, who worked under Diller at Paramount), Jeffrey Katzenberg (head of PDI/DreamWorks Animation, principal of DreamWorks SKG, former head of Walt Disney Studios, and a head of production of Paramount under Diller), and Scott Mitchell, who under Diller started HSN.com and is now the current President and CEO of Think Partnership, AMEX:THK. Don Simpson, who was President of Production at Paramount under Diller and Eisner, was also included -- he later went on to run a production company based on the Disney lot with Jerry Bruckheimer. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... Dawn Steel (1946 - 1997) was the first woman to run a major Hollywood film studio. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jeffrey Katzenberg (born December 21, 1950 in New York City) is a Jewish-American film producer and co-founder of DreamWorks SKG. He is most famous for producing the movie Shrek (2001). ... The DreamWorks Animation logo, an angling boy sitting on the Moons crescent DreamWorks Animation L.L.C., doing business as DreamWorks Animation SKG (NYSE: DWA) is an American animation studio, producing primarily feature animated films. ... The DreamWorks Boy on the Moon Logo DreamWorks SKG (Spielberg, Katzenberg, Geffen) is a Big Ten studio in the United States of America which develops, produces, and distributes films, music, and television programming. ... The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... Scott Mitchell (born 2nd September 1985) is a professional footballer, who currently plays for Ipswich Town F.C.. He made his debut, as a substitute, away at Derby County in November 2003 and made his home debut (again as a substitute) in a 4-1 victory over Watford, in March... Jerome Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1945) is an American film and television producer. ...

In 2003, on the PBS TV program NOW with Bill Moyers, Diller vocalized a strong warning against media consolidation. In the interview he referred to media ownership by a few big corporations as an oligarchy, saying the concentration strangles new ideas.[1] 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... NOW is a PBS newsmagazine especially covering social and political issues. ... Concentration of media ownership (also known as media consolidation or media convergence) is a commonly used term among media critics, policy makers, and others to characterize ownership structure of media industries. ... Oligarchy is a form of government where most or all political power effectively rests with a small segment of society (typically the most powerful, whether by wealth, family, military strength, ruthlessness, or political influence). ...

Barry Diller was "the highest-paid executive [of 2005 fiscal year]" according to a report by The New York Times on Thursday, October 26, 2006 with a total compensation package in excess of $295 million. ^[1]

In 2005, Diller met executives of Jagex Ltd, for a view of their main product, the online multiplayer game, or MMORPG, RuneScape. No deal resulted from the presentation, but Diller stated through a spokeswoman that he 'more than liked it'. Jagex Ltd. ... Players interacting in Ultima Online. ... RuneScape is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game by British developer Jagex Limited, programmed in Java. ...

Resources

• "Diller, Barry". The Museum of Broadcast Communications. Retrieved 14th July, 2006.