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Who is Barry Diller?

Pressed by the board to name a successor, Mr. Eisner cited the entertainment executive Barry Diller, but then wrote a confidential letter to the board saying that “the fact he is a homosexual should have no weight,” which, at the time, all but guaranteed Mr. Diller would never succeed him.

Did Barry Diller call the movie business dead?

In an interview with NPR, Barry Diller, chairman of IAC, called the movie business dead. Here, he walks to a session of the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Idaho on Wednesday. Barry Diller made his name in the film industry as the chairman and CEO of two Hollywood studios, Paramount Pictures and what was then 20th Century Fox.

Why did Barry Diller pull the Daily Beast off the auction block?

Barry Diller with the fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg at the Met Gala last month. His foremost concern for The Daily Beast is securing its future as an independent media company. Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The New York Times The media mogul Barry Diller has pulled The Daily Beast off the auction block.

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