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Barry Diller Calls Free Web Content a 'Myth'... (bloomberg.com)
6 points by edw519 on July 27, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


It's amazing how these people just don't get it. This is how the internet started out, then all of these 'media companies' fell by the wayside because there was so much free, useful, and relevant content available outside of their controlled platforms.

The fact that they think they can regain control is comedic by forcing us to pay.


Fine if he thinks people will pay for things. They will have to actually provide added value. Like Zynga or Blizzard.

So Diller find out what people will actually pay for. Don't give us crap about how free is not free. Same goes for the NYtimes figure out some new business models. Stop trying to protect what the internet killed.


Hey, the internet must be broken because I read Mr. Diller's words and didn't pay a thing.

Oops. Barry, you might want to consider your audience when talking to a reporter who works for an advertiser-supported publication.

That's rather an admission Diller hasn't really been to the clue store in a while.




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