Barry Diller Quotes

There is a huge market for interesting content to be made by interesting creators.

It's a good time to be in the content business though, the branded content business.

My company is in the business of content, delivering content, so whether you see it or taste it or hear it or smell it, that's what I do every day.

As content creators, we're benefitting YouTube every day. YouTube couldn't do what they do without us, so do not underestimate your power.

Google can say they are not in the content business, but if they are paying people and distributing and archiving their work, it is getting harder to make that case.

There's not a single business model, and there's not a single type of electronic content. There are really a lot of opportunities and a lot of options and we just have to discover all of them.

Everyone is hungry for content and you are content creators and if you are not negotiating a good price no Robinhood is coming to save you.

My job, originally, was to write blog posts for their 'HubSpot' blog. They have a business model built on content. Then I was writing e-books for them, and after I came back from L.A., they had this new plan to launch a podcast.

You really can create a lot of value by putting content and distribution together, particularly if the content is cable content.

Content is power in today's world, and if you can own that content, create it and make interaction more of an experience than a transaction, you create a different kind of loyalty.

There are literally tens of thousands of very good content providers in the world that don't distribute their content through TV channels.

We knew when we started the Daily Muse, we wanted a recruiting-focused business model rather than an advertising-focused one. We felt like publishers were being forced to go to more and more extreme lengths to monetize through advertising.

New York's niche is content, and content is becoming more valuable. Just think about what is more valuable: MTV or the cable system that you use to get MTV? Howard Stern or the radio station you use to listen to him? Ultimately, technology becomes a commodity, and content - real, true branded content - becomes more valuable.

As one of the first creators on YouTube, I've been fortunate to sit in the front row, witnessing the remarkable evolution of digital media. The experiences and knowledge I've been afforded are invaluable, and I'm excited to take that skill set, together with Endemol Beyond, to build a reliable, reputable business.

We saw simply distribution was changing, content, premium content, premium stars; we're going to be able to do more in the world as it evolves.

There was a time and a place when a pure content start-up had a chance, and that time has passed.

The idea that content is king has long rested on the notion that distribution - in whatever form it takes - is a low-margin commodity, and the biggest share of profits flows to the creators of original programming, who can sell to the highest bidder.

There are lots of channels and lots of companies looking for content, as they say, but it's quite difficult to get things off the ground.

YouTube does a better job of monetizing for the creators. Like, that is the home for me as a creator where, not only can my content be seen, consumed, digested, but also they pay.

As an industry, YouTube and digital content have a huge upside to creation and virally reach fans, and there's a multi-billion dollar business of advertising attached to that.

When you think of Yahoo, they had a shot to be what Vox is doing, in terms of taking content and distribution, and really focusing on news, sports, finance - the things that uniquely Yahoo was really terrific at - and really build that whole flywheel.

I think, at the end of the day, Stockhouse will have free services supported by advertising, but we'll also have a number of subscription services.

People say that making money in the content-media game is hard, and that is just, like, not my experience. It's super-confusing, 'cause everyone's like, 'Oh, how are you going to monetize?' It's easy: just start talking, and then money rolls in.

We're a content company. And if we create the best content, every distributor will want what we have.

Unfortunately, I think YouTube is going down the route of rewarding the select few around content creation, be it with partnerships or with ways of funding original content.