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Barry Diller Invented Prestige TV. Then He Conquered the Internet

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66% Informative

Barry Diller's new book, Who Knew, chronicles his journey to becoming an internet billionaire.

Diller built an empire that includes Expedia Group , almost the entire online dating sector.

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 ).

Even before becoming his own boss, Diller operated like a founder.

He joined ABC in his mid-twenties as a woefully inexperienced nobody, and argued that the network should show films in prime time.

Diller: "I don’t know anyone who is having any fun.”.

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61

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55

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informal

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English

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37

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