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Barry Diller Invented Prestige TV. Then He Conquered the Internet
The mogul behind Fox, Expedia, and Tinder opens up about Steve Jobs—and his close friend Sam Altman.
The bulk of the book weaves his life as a not-quite-out gay man (who nonetheless passionately loves his iconic wife Diane von Furstenberg) with a deliciously dishy account of his Hollywood days. “Tech has basically rescued me from my own obsolescence.” In the early ’90s—the perfect time to learn about the digital world, just before the boom—he went on a high-tech listening tour that included visits to Microsoft and the MIT Media Lab. He writes that while the people he knows in the “algorithmic” movie business are even richer than the ones he hung out with earlier in his career, “I don’t know anyone who is having any fun.” In our conversation, he extols the satisfying process of creating a narrative film and bringing it to market.
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