The Knowledge Project #250 · August 14, 2025 · 1h 20m

Barry Diller: Building IAC

Barry Diller — built IAC, Expedia, and reshaped Hollywood (ABC, Fox, Paramount). A career spanning five decades of media and technology. How he spots opportunities, builds companies, and thinks about the next wave.

Highlights

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Pattern recognition across industries

Diller has moved from Hollywood to cable to internet to commerce. The pattern: find the new distribution channel before everyone else.

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Misc

✧Built Fox Broadcasting as a fourth network — everyone said it was impossible

✧IAC is the parent of Match, Angi, Dotdash Meredith, and dozens of other brands

✧One of the longest-tenured media executives in history